| Tropical/Temperate/Polar Highpoints |
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| Description | zonal latitude prominent points |
The tropical, temperate, and polar regions form non-arbitrary divisions of Earth's surface because the tilt of Earth's axis relative to the plane of its orbit about the Sun is for most purposes a constant 23° 27'. This non-arbitrariness is preferable.
Lists based on latitudinal zones are instructive because very low temperature is one of a mountain's objective hazards.
The highpoint list for all six regions follows, having specified the hemisphere in addition to latitudinal zone.
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Zone
Highpoint
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Elevation (feet/meters)
N tropical Nevado Cayambe Ecuador
00° 02' N 77° 59' W 18,996 / 5,790 S tropical Nevado Huascaran Peru
09° 07' S 77° 36' W 22,132 / 6,746 N temperate Mount Everest Nepal/Tibet
27° 59' N 86° 55' E 29,028 / 8,848 S temperate Aconcagua Argentina
32° 39' S 70° 01' W 22,841 / 6,962 N polar Gunnbjornsfjeld Greenland
68° 55' N 29° 54' W 12,119 / 3,694 S polar Vinson Massif Antarctica
78° 32' S 85° 37' W 16,050 / 4,892
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