World Book Trivia Quiz For Kids: Mountains - Australia

Mount Everest is 8,850 metres high and is the highest mountain in the world. It is one of the mountains that make up the Himalaya, on the frontiers of Tibet and Nepal, north of India.

The Japanese look upon Mount Fuji as a sacred, or holy, mountain. Thousands of people climb to its peak every year. Mount Fuji is part of a chain of volcanoes, but it is not active. There is a crater at the top. Mount Fuji is 3,776 metres high.

Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain. It is in northern Tanzania, on the Kenya border. Kilimanjaro has two mountaintops. The higher one, Kibo, rises 5,895 metres high at Uhuru Peak. Kilimanjaro is a volcano, but it is not active.

Early settlers gave them their name because they usually appear in a bluish haze. Fine drops of eucalyptus oil in the atmosphere cause the haze.

Aoraki/Mount Cook is the highest peak in New Zealand 3,754 metre high. It stands in the Southern Alps in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, in the central part of the South Island. The Maori people consider Aoraki to be sacred.

Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe, 1,277 metres high. It is probably the most famous volcano in the world. Many people live on the lower slopes of the mountain and on the plains at its foot, in spite of Vesuvius' history of eruptions.

The Andes Mountains are the world's longest chain of mountains above sea level. They stretch 7,200 kilometre along the west coast of South America. Many peaks of the Andes rise more than 6,100 metres high.

Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 metres high, is Australia's highest mountain; and Mount Townsend 2,210 metres is Australia’s second highest mountain.

The Great Dividing Range runs along the eastern and southern coasts of Australia. It consists of plateaus and low mountains. The highest peaks are in the Snowy Mountains area.

Glasshouse Mountains rise east of the Blackall Range in southeastern Queensland, Australia. Captain James Cook named the mountains in 1770.