Mountains

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Across
  1. 3. highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains, located in North Carolina, formed from marine deposits during the Precambrian that were uplifted
  2. 5. tallest mountain in the world, located in Nepal and China, created when the subcontinent of India collided with southern Asia
  3. 10. highest mountain in Africa, located in Tanzania, formed from volcanic activity
  4. 11. highest mountain peak in North America, originally known as Mount McKinley, located in Alaska, formed from the collision of tectonic plates
Down
  1. 1. highest peak in Antarctica, located in the Chilean claim of Antarctica, formed by steeply inclined strata
  2. 2. highest mountain in Europe and Russia, formed from the collision of the Eurasian and Arabian Plates
  3. 4. tallest mountain in mainland Australia, formed from geologic uplift
  4. 6. highest mountain in the Americas, outside Asia, and the Western and Southern Hemispheres, located in Argentina, formed from subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate
  5. 7. tallest mountain in Japan, created from a volcanic eruption
  6. 8. highest peak of the contiguous United States, located in California, formed from part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith
  7. 9. tallest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, formed from tectonic activity