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f Scotland Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire 1 4330 
Ben Lawers, Perthshire 2 4051 
England Skiddaw, Cumberland 5 i / 5530 
Cross Fell, Cumberland 4 3390 
Helvellyn, Cumberland 5 3324 
Wharnside, Yorkshire 6 2480 
Ingleborough, Yorkshire. 7 2580 
Wales Snowdon, Caernarvonshire 8 3568 
Cader Idris, Merionethshire 9 3550 
Ireland Macgillicuddy's Reeks, Kerry 10 3404 
Sleibh-Dorin, Londonderry 11 3159 
France Mont d'Or, Auvergne 12 6707 
Puy de Sausi, Auvergne 13 6700 
Pyrennees Mont Perdu, the highest of the PyrenneesH 11,283 
Le Pic Blanc, Spain 15 10,205 
Alps Loucira 16 14,451 
Loupilon 17 14,144 
Switzerland. . . . Mont Blanc, highest mountain in EuropelS 15,680 
Mont Rosa 19 15,555 
Mont St. Gothard 20 10,014 
Italy Mont Cimone 21 6401 
Vesuvius 22 5900 
Germany Ortler-Spitze, Tyrol 23 15,430 
Ostelle, Saltzburg 24 -12.800 
Carpathian Mountains, highest summit.. 25 8640 
Lomnitz Peak 26 8640 
^Sweden Areskutan, Jempland 27 6180 
"Teneriffe Peak of Teneriffe 28 12,236 
Sicily jEtna 29 10,963 
Jamaica Blue Mountains 30- 7431 
I Iceland Sna?fiel 31. 6860 
Hecla , 32 4900 
lndia Dhawalgeri in Nepaul 46 27,667 
Mountains of Thibet 47 23,262 
Turkey in Asia. . Mount Lebanon, estimated at 33 9^20 
Mount Ararat, estimated at 34 9500 
Mount Ida 55 4960 
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I Andes, South/ Chimborazo, Quito 36 20,900 
America. \ Cotopaxi, Quito 3718,880 
Heights of remarkable Lakes, Cities, fyc. 
Alps Lake of Lausanne 38 8640 
Lake of Lanzon, on the mountain of Olan. . 39 6797 
Switzerland Lake of Lucerne 40 1408 
South America. . City of Riobamba, Quito 41 18,800 
City of Quito 42 9356. 
North America. . City of Mexico 43 7<124 
Austria Town of Eisenerz 44 2056 
Egypt The great Pyramid 45 477 
