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Torres Del Paine

Torres del Paine National Park is part of the National System of Protected Forested Areas of Chile. It is one of the largest and most visited parks in Chile. The park averages around 150,000 visitors a year, who come from all over the world. Visiting the park is recommended between late December and late February, during the southern summer. Not only is the weather more hospitable, but daylight hours are very long given the extreme southern latitude. Outside of this time frame, the weather becomes too extreme for the majority of the public, and daylight dwindles to only a few hours a day.

Karstic Peaks Guilin

Yangshuo is located in Yangshuo Town. Surrounded by karst peaks and bordered on one side by the Li River. It is easily accessible by bus or by boat from nearby Guilin. Over the years, it has become popular with foreign backpackers. Visitors to Yangshuo can swim in the Li River or the cleaner Yu Long (Dragon River), climb one of many nearby karst peaks, hire a bicycle for a cycling trip through the karst scenery, arrange a sightseeing trip on the Li River by bamboo raft or cruise boat, or visit a number of local cave systems, including a butterfly cave. Karstic Peaks Guilin

Mount Elbrus

Mount Elbrus is an inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's peak is the highest in the Caucasus, in Russia. While there are differing authorities on how the Caucasus is distributed between Europe and Asia, many sources agree that Elbrus is also the highest mountain in all of Europe. Mt. Elbrus (west summit) stands at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft); the east summit is slightly lower at 5,621 metres (18,442 ft). Mount Elbrus

Snowdon Wales

Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an altitude of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside Scotland. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) in Gwynedd, and has been described as "probably the busiest mountain in Britain". It is designated as a national nature reserve for its rare flora and fauna. Snowdon Wales

Wulingyuan

Wulingyuan is a scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China, noted for its approximately 3,100 tall quartzite sandstone pillars, some of which are over 800 metres (2,600 ft) in height and are a type of karst formation. Wulingyuan

Yushan Mountain

Yushan is the highest mountain in Taiwan and the fourth highest mountain on an island. In the past, Yushan was known among English-speaking expats and missionaries as Mt. Morrison, thought to have been named in honor of the 19th century missionary Robert Morrison.Today, the mountain is referred to as Yushan or Jade Mountain. Yushan Mountain

Matterhorn Cervino

The Matterhorn (German), Monte Cervino (Italian) or Mont Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres (14,690 ft) high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points. The mountain overlooks the town of Zermatt in the canton of Valais to north-east and Breuil-Cervinia in the Aosta Valley to the south. The Theodul Pass, located at the eastern base of the peak, is the lowest passage between its north and south side. Matterhorn Cervino

Fjord Norway

Fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice load and eroded sediment is removed (also called isostatic or glacial rebound). In some cases this rebound is faster than sea level rise. Fjord Norway

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu "Old Peak", one of the Seven Wonders of the World is located 2,430 Metres (7,970 feet) above sea level in Peru which is in South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley, which is 80 Kilometres (50 miles) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Machu Picchu Rediscovered Machu Picchu was built around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire. It was abandoned just over 100 years later, in 1572. On 24 July 1911, Hiram Bingham who was an American historian employed as a lecturer at Yale University discovered Machu Picchu while he was searching for the city of Vilcabamba. Some Quechuas lived in the original structures at Machu Picchu while Bingham approached the place with the help of Quechuas 11 year-old boy Pablito Alvarez. In 1981 Peru declared an area of 325.92 square kilometers surrounding Machu Picchu as a "Historical Sanctuary". In 1983 UNESCO designated Machu Picchu a World Heritage Site, descr