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Mt. Stuart
Mount Stuart, 9,415 ft, is a granite peak in the Stuart Range, Washington Cascades, second-highest non-volcano in the range; named 1853 by McClellan; its 1.5-mile North Ridge (5.9) is a Fifty Classic Climbs route.
Mt. Tom White
Mount Tom White, an 11,191 ft (3,411 m) summit in Alaska's Chugach Mountains, GNIS ID 1411084, named for pioneer Tom White; prominence 7,591 ft, isolation 72 mi, in Chugach National Forest.
Mt. Torbert
Mount Torbert is an 11,413 ft (3,479 m) glaciated peak, highest point of the Tordrillo Mountains in south-central Alaska near Anchorage; not a volcano despite 1953 eruption misreports; first climbed in 1964.
Mt. Valpy
Mt. Valpy (Mount Valpy) is a 2,219 m peak in the Northern Coastal Ranges of British Columbia near Lakelse Lake, with 2,014 m of prominence (ultra), loose rock, and a 1992 West Face Gully first ascent.
Mt. Vancouver
Mount Vancouver (4,812 m) is the 15th highest peak in North America, a glaciated Saint Elias Mountains massif on the Yukon-Alaska border in Kluane and Glacier Bay national parks, first ascended July 5, 1949; its lower south summit is Good Neighbor Peak, Boundary Peak 181.
Mt. Veniaminof
Mount Veniaminof, an active andesitic stratovolcano with an ice-filled 8 x 11 km summit caldera on the Alaska Peninsula, 775 km southwest of Anchorage; 2507 m rim, at least 14 eruptions in 200 years, most recent 2021.
Mt. Waddington
Mount Waddington (formerly Mystery Mountain; Homalco Xwe7xw), 4,019 m, is the highest peak entirely within British Columbia and the Coast Range. First ascent 1936 by Wiessner and House; Mundays pioneered it from 1926.
Nevado Auzangate
Nevado Auzangate (Ausangate), a 6,384 m glaciated peak in Peru's Cordillera Vilcanota near Cusco, fifth highest in Peru, sacred Apu, first climbed in 1953 by Heinrich Harrer.
Nevado Chachani
Nevado Chachani is a 6,057 m volcanic complex northwest of Arequipa, Peru, made of at least 12 edifices active from about 1.1 Ma to 20 ka; its non-technical normal route makes it a popular 6,000 m climb, with lahars the main hazard.
Nevado de Chañi
Nevado de Chañi (Nevado del Chañi, Cerro Chañi), an Andes massif on the Salta–Jujuy border in northwest Argentina and Jujuy's highest point, about 5,896–5,930 m, first climbed in 1901, with an Inca child burial restituted in 2026.
Nevado de Colima
Nevado de Colima, extinct andesitic stratovolcano (about 4,340 m) in Jalisco and Colima, Mexico; highest point of the Colima Volcanic Complex, 5.5 km north of the active Volcán de Colima, within Nevado de Colima National Park (1936, 6,554.75 ha).
Nevado de Famatima (Cerro Belgrano)
Nevado de Famatina, formally Cerro General Manuel Belgrano, is the highest summit of the Sierra de Famatina in La Rioja Province, Argentina, long worked for its gold deposits.
Nevado Illimani
Nevado Illimani, a 6,438 m glaciated massif in Bolivia's Cordillera Real near La Paz; highest peak of the range, second in Bolivia; first climbed by Conway in 1898; site of deep ice cores.
Nevado Sajama
Nevado Sajama, also called Nevado del Sajama, is Bolivia's highest mountain, a 6,542 m dormant stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental about 20 km from Chile, with 2,428 m prominence, an ice cap, and Sajama National Park.
Nevado Salcantay
Nevado Salcantay, also spelled Salkantay, is a ~6,264-6,279 m peak in Peru's Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cusco, highest near Machu Picchu; first climbed 1952 by an American-French team via the northeast ridge.
Nevado Sara Sara
Nevado Sara Sara (Sara Sara volcano) is a glacier-covered andesitic stratovolcano in Ayacucho, Peru, about 5,490-5,522 m high, the westernmost Quaternary volcano in Peru, last erupting roughly 14,000 years ago, with Inca ruins and the mummy Sarita on its summit.
Newberry
Newberry (Newberry Volcano), a large shield-shaped composite volcano in central Oregon about 60 km east of the Cascade crest, the arc's most aerially extensive volcano (~3,200 km2), with a 6 x 8 km caldera holding Paulina and East lakes, last erupting about 1,300 years ago (Big Obsidian Flow).
North Buttress, Mt. Hesperus
North Buttress is an alternate name for Mount Hesperus, Alaska, a 9,828-ft Revelation Mountains peak, Bethel County high point, first climbed May 2, 1985 via the Southwest Face by Lesueur, Swanson, and Spalding; climbed only once.
North Schell Peak
North Schell Peak is the 11,883-ft (LiDAR 11,890.9 ft) highest summit of Nevada's 142-mile Schell Creek Range, an ultra-prominent peak with about 5,400 ft of prominence in the High Schells Wilderness, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, near Ely.
Ojos del Salado
Nevados Ojos del Salado, on the Chile-Argentina border in the Puna de Atacama, is the world's highest volcano above sea level (6,879-6,893 m), Chile's highest mountain, fumarolically active, last erupting around 750 CE, first climbed in 1937.
Oscar Peak
Oscar Peak (Pic Oscar) is a 2,336 m summit in the Nass Group of the Coast Mountains, British Columbia, named for settler Oscar Olander, first climbed in 1925 by Broden and Olander, with 2,099 m prominence.
Outlook Peak
Outlook Peak, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada; official Canadian name since 1966. Listed at 2,210 m as the island's highest point, though 2006 GPS readings gave 1,963 to 2,012 m; White Crown Mountain was once considered higher.
Palomo
Palomo, a 4,860-m glaciated stratovolcano in O'Higgins Region, central Chile (GVP 357022), built within double calderas; no known historical eruptions, middle-late Pleistocene age, lahar hazards.
Parinacota
Parinacota (Payachata I, Payachata Sur) is a 6,336-m symmetrical stratovolcano on the Chile-Bolivia border, twin of Pomerape in the Nevados de Payachata; it collapsed about 8,000 years ago forming Lake Chungará and last erupted around 290 CE.
Pavlof
Pavlof Volcano (GVP 312030), a 2,518 m stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, is the most frequently active Aleutian arc volcano, with 40+ eruptions since the early 1800s, six between 2007 and 2022, and the latest ending 7 December 2022.
Pavlof Sister
Pavlof Sister is a 2,142-m symmetrical stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula, twin of Pavlof 5 km away, with one disputed historical eruption (1762-1786, VEI 4) and no confirmed Holocene eruptions.
Peinado
Peinado (Cerro Peinado, Volcan del Manantial) is a 5,741 m symmetrical stratovolcano in Argentina's Central Andean Volcanic Arc, younger than 100,000 years, with no known Holocene eruptions and no monitoring.
Perserajoq
Perserajoq, also spelled Perserajôq, is a 2,259 m mountain in the Qioqe peninsula of western Greenland, the highest on the coast and sixth among Greenland's ultra-prominent peaks.
Pic la Selle
Pic la Selle (Pik Lasel, Morne La Selle) is Haiti's highest peak at 2,680 m, in the Chaîne de la Selle range; a probable Black-capped Petrel nesting site in Foret de Pins II National Park.
Picacho del Diablo
Cerro Picacho del Diablo (Cerro de la Encantada, Big Picacho) is a 3,096 m granite peak in Baja California's Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, the highest point on the Baja California peninsula, first climbed in 1911 by Donald McClain.