【文章标题】：Ranked: The Highest Mountain on Every Continent 各大洲最高峰排名
【文章正文】： Ranked: The Highest Mountain on Every Continent 各大洲最高峰排名
Key Takeaways 关键要点
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Mount Everest stands 6,204 feet above South America’s Aconcagua, the largest gap between consecutive peaks in the ranking.
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珠穆朗玛峰比南美洲的阿空加瓜山高出 6,204 英尺，这是排名中相邻山峰之间的最大差距。
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Four of the seven continental high points sit below 20,000 feet above sea level.
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七大洲最高点中有四个海拔低于 20,000 英尺。
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Antarctica’s Vinson Massif and Oceania’s Puncak Jaya are separated by just 26 feet.
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南极洲的文森山与大洋洲的查亚峰之间仅相差 26 英尺。
This visualization ranks the highest mountain on each continent by elevation above sea level. The data comes from
Encyclopædia Britannica
and shows how each continent’s highest summit compares, measured in both feet and meters.
这张可视化图表按海拔高度对各大洲的最高峰进行排名。数据来源于《大英百科全书》，并展示了各大洲最高峰之间的比较，单位同时以英尺和米表示。
Mount Everest Stands Far Above the Rest 珠穆朗玛峰遥遥领先
Asia’s Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain above sea level, dominates the ranking at 29,035 feet, or 8,850 meters. 亚洲的珠穆朗玛峰是世界上海拔最高的山峰，以 29,035 英尺（8,850 米）的高度在排名中占据绝对优势。
The table below ranks the highest peak on every continent by elevation, measured in feet and meters: 下表按海拔高度对各大洲最高峰进行排名，单位以英尺和米表示：
| Rank | Continent | Mountain | Country | Peak Elevation (In Feet) | Peak Elevation (In Meters) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asia | Mount Everest | Nepal, China (Tibet) | 29,035 | 8,850 |
| 2 | S. America | Mount Aconcagua | Argentina | 22,831 | 6,959 |
| 3 | N. America | Denali / Mt. McKinley | United States | 20,310 | 6,190 |
| 4 | Africa | Kilimanjaro | Tanzania | 19,340 | 5,895 |
| 5 | Europe | Mount Elbrus | Russia | 18,510 | 5,642 |
| 6 | Antarctica | Vinson Massif | Antarctica | 16,050 | 4,892 |
| 7 | Oceania | Puncak Jaya / Mt. Carstensz | Indonesia | 16,024 | 4,884 |
| 排名 | 大洲 | 山峰 | 国家 | 峰顶海拔（英尺） | 峰顶海拔（米） |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 亚洲 | 珠穆朗玛峰 | 尼泊尔， 中国（西藏） | 29,035 | 8,850 |
| 2 | 南美洲 | 阿空加瓜山 | 阿根廷 | 22,831 | 6,959 |
| 3 | 北美洲 | 迪纳利山/麦金利山 | 美国 | 20,310 | 6,190 |
| 4 | 非洲 | 乞力马扎罗山 | 坦桑尼亚 | 19,340 | 5,895 |
| 5 | 欧洲 | 厄尔布鲁士山 | 俄罗斯 | 18,510 | 5,642 |
| 6 | 南极洲 | 文森山 | 南极洲 | 16,050 | 4,892 |
| 7 | 大洋洲 | 查亚峰/卡斯滕士峰 | 印度尼西亚 | 16,024 | 4,884 |
Also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā, Mount Everest is a
fold mountain
located between Nepal and Tibet and is still growing by about 0.078 inches each year.
珠穆朗玛峰又称珠穆朗玛（藏语）或萨加玛塔，是一座位于尼泊尔和中国西藏之间的褶皱山，目前仍以每年约 0.078 英寸的速度增高。
Its extraordinary height is primarily due to the region’s plate tectonics. The collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates has continuously forced the Himalayas upward for 40–50 million years. 其非凡的高度主要源于该地区的板块构造运动。印度板块与欧亚板块的碰撞在 4,000 万至 5,000 万年间持续推挤喜马拉雅山脉不断抬升。
A comparably extreme but inverse feature is Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the
deepest point on Earth
. At 35,876 feet below sea level, it is more than a mile deeper than Mount Everest is high.
一个同样极端但方向相反的地貌是马里亚纳海沟中的挑战者深渊，即地球最深点。它位于海平面以下 35,876 英尺，比珠穆朗玛峰的高度还要深 1 英里以上。
South America’s Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere, ranks second at 22,831 feet. 南美洲阿根廷的阿空加瓜山是西半球最高峰，以 22,831 英尺的高度排名第二。
North America follows with Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, at 20,310 feet. While Denali ranks third based on elevation above sea level, it rises farther from its terrestrial base to summit than Everest, whose base already sits at a much higher elevation. 北美洲紧随其后，迪纳利山（又称麦金利山）海拔 20,310 英尺。虽然按海拔高度迪纳利山排名第三，但从山体底部到山顶的相对高度却超过珠穆朗玛峰，因为珠穆朗玛峰的底部本身已经处于很高的海拔。
The Remaining Four Peaks Are Below 20,000 Feet 其余四座山峰均低于 20,000 英尺
Ranked fourth, Africa’s Kilimanjaro in Tanzania reaches 19,340 feet, while Europe’s fifth-ranked Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia stands at 18,510 feet. 排名第四的是非洲坦桑尼亚的乞力马扎罗山，海拔 19,340 英尺；排名第五的是欧洲俄罗斯南部高加索山脉的厄尔布鲁士山，海拔 18,510 英尺。
Antarctica’s Vinson Massif ranks sixth at 16,050 feet, followed closely by Oceania’s Puncak Jaya at 16,024 feet. 南极洲的文森山以 16,050 英尺排名第六，紧随其后的是大洋洲的查亚峰，海拔 16,024 英尺。
Puncak Jaya, located on the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea, ranks last among the listed continental high points. Despite its position at the bottom of the ranking, it is the world’s highest peak located on an island. 查亚峰位于新几内亚岛印度尼西亚一侧，在所列各大洲最高点中排名最后。尽管排名垫底，它却是世界上海拔最高的岛屿山峰。
The Seven Summits Challenge 七大洲最高峰挑战
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. A broader mountaineering challenge later emerged: the Seven Summits Challenge, which requires climbers to reach the highest peak on each of the seven continents. 1953 年，埃德蒙·希拉里和丹增·诺盖成为首批确认登顶珠穆朗玛峰的人。后来出现了一项更广泛的登山挑战：七大洲最高峰挑战，要求登山者登顶七大洲各自的最高峰。
Fewer than 500 climbers have completed the challenge since mountaineer Richard Bass achieved the
first verified completion
in 1985.
自登山者理查德·巴斯于 1985 年首次经确认完成该挑战以来，完成这一挑战的登山者不到 500 人。
By comparison, more than 7,500 people have successfully summited Mount Everest. 相比之下，已有超过 7,500 人成功登顶珠穆朗玛峰。
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