The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the seven traditional continents. On 30 April 1985, Richard Bass became the first climber to reach the summit of all seven.
Mount Wilhelm
Mont Blanc summit
Chimborazo, the farthest peak from the center of Earth and probably the greatest of the North Andes Plate
Comparison of the highest peaks of each continents
Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m above sea level, and is the highest volcano in Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak
Seven Summits
…continent – in particular the location of the border of that continent. This results in two major points of variation. The first one is Mont Blanc versus Mount Elbrus for Europe, which depends on whether the crest of the Greater Caucasus Mountains is taken to define the Greater Caucasus watershed which marks the…
Mount Elbrus
Ivan Kulaga, Ramazan Alchakov and Abrek Ediev (L–R) and their horses Dzhigit and Almaz, on the western summit of Mount Elbrus, 4 September 2020.