The mountains and volcanoes in Europe have shaped civilizations for thousands of years. Explore the Swiss Alps, the Matterhorn and Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that devoured Pompeii.
Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands, extending southwest to northeast across the central part of the country. See more »
Alps, a mountain system of central Europe. Its lofty ranges stretch in a rough arc from the Riviera on the Mediterranean coast, across southeastern France and northern Italy, through most of Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein, and into southern Germany and Slovenia.
See more »Cantabrian Mountains, a chain of mountains west of the Pyrenees, in northern Spain.
See more »Hekla, an active volcano in southern Iceland, about 70 miles (110 km) east of Reykjavík, the capital.
See more »Blanc, Mont (French: Italian: Monte Bianco), the highest mountain in the Alps. It lies on the French-Italian border with its peak in Haute-Savoie department of southeastern France.
See more »Cassino, Monte, a mountain in the foothills of the Apennines of Italy, near the town of Cassino, 73 miles (117 km) southeast of Rome.
See more »Rosa, Monte, a massive mountain in the Pennine Alps, on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
See more »Athos, Mount, a tiny monastic community in Macedonia, Greece. It occupies the easternmost prong of Khalki-dhikí (Chalcidice) peninsula.
See more »Etna, Mount, an active volcano on northeastern Sicily. It is among the world's largest active volcanoes and is the highest in Europe.
See more »Olympus, Mount, the highest mountain in Greece, 9,570 feet (2,917 m) above sea level.
See more »Parnassus, Mount, (modern Greek:Parnassos), a mountain in central Greece. It is about 70 miles (113 km) northwest of Athens.
See more »Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in southern Spain, part of the Cordillera Penibética.
See more »Apennines, a mountain system of Italy. Beginning north of the Gulf of Genoa, along the Riviera, the Apennines curve southeastward to the peninsula's “toe.” After disappearing beneath the Strait of Messina, they reappear as the mountains of Sicily.
See more »Carpathian Mountains, a mountain range in central Europe. The Carpathians form a 900-mile (1,450-km) arc from Bratislava, Slovakia, to the Iron Gate on the Danube River, extending through eastern Slovakia, southern Poland, a corner of Ukraine, and Romania.
See more »Cheviot Hills, a range of hills that extends for about 35 miles (56 km) along the border between Scotland and England.
See more »Dinaric Alps, a mountain system of the Balkan Peninsula. The Dinarics extend southward from near the Italian-Slovenian border about 400 miles (640 km) to northern Albania.
See more »Dolomites, or Dolomite Alps, a mountain range in northern Italy. The mountains are rich in the mineral dolomite, from which they take their name.
See more »Grampian Mountains, a mountain range in the Scottish Highlands, extending southwest to northeast across the central part of the country.
See more »Harz Mountains, the most northerly range of mountains in Germany. The Harz Mountains extend in an arc from the Leine River in the west to the Saale River in the east.
See more »Jura Mountains, a European chain of mountains extending southwest to northeast for 180 miles (290 km) along the French-Swiss border.
See more »Matterhorn (Italian: Monte Cervino), a peak of the Pennine (or Valais) Alps, on the Swiss-Italian border.
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