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Canada International Year of Mountains October 1, 2002 A booklet of 8 self-adhesive stamps, one stamp depicts Mount Logan in southwestern Yukon, close to the Yukon–Alaska border. At an elevation of 5959 m, Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America.  |
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This 1956, 50c airmail stamp of Mexico commemorates the 20th International Geological Congress. Depicted is the erupting Paricutin volcano. From Wikipedia, "Paricutin is a cinder volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacan, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 km (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention."  |
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Japan Japanese Mountains III November 19, 2013 Set of 10, one stamp depicts Mount Tsurugi located in the eastern area of Toyama Prefecture. At an elevation of 2,999 m, it is one of the tallest peaks in the Hida Mountains.  |
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Australia Panoramas May 1, 2002 Mount Roland is located in northern Tasmania. It stands at 1233 meters above sea level and provides a stunning backdrop to the Kentish Municipality.  |
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Japan Regions – Shin'etsu June 1, 2006 Mount Asama is an active complex volcano in central Honshu. It stands 2,568 meters above sea level on the border of Gunma and Nagano prefectures.  |
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New Zealand Landscapes IX June 3, 2020 Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand (elevation 3724 m). It lies in the Southern Alps which runs the length of the South Island. Its summits lie slightly south and east of the main divide of the Southern Alps, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the southwest.  |
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Volcano Goddesses of the Pacific, issued by Palau on May 29, 1997 to publicize the International Stamp Exhibition "Pacific '97" held in San Francisco, USA: Darago of the Philippines A volcano goddess who demanded a human sacrifice once a year to stop the volcanoes from erupting:  Fuji of Japan Sakuya-bime is the goddess of Mount Fuji and all volcanoes and keep Mount Fuji from erupting:  Pele of Hawaii In Hawaii, Pele is the goddess of fire, lightning, wind and volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. According to legend, Pele lives in the Halema#699;uma#699;u crater K#299;lauea:  Pare of the Maori Pare fell in love with Hutu but he, knowing that he could never marry such a noble maiden, ran away, leaving her to die of grief. Hutu then traveled to the underworld and brought her soul back to the land of the living where she married him:  Dzalarhons of the Haida Dzalarhons, in the mythology of the Haida people (an indigenous people from the Pacific Northwest coast of North America), is a mountain spirit known as Volcano Woman who rules the earth's creatures and punishes those who abuse them:  Chiginadak of the Aleuts Cleveland mountain is the most active volcano of the Aleutian island arc located on the western portion of the uninhabited Chuginadak Island, Alaska. Chuginadak is the Aleut goddess of fire who is believed to reside in the volcano: 
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This Canada 2020 stamp in the From Far and Wide series depicts Floe Peak (elevation 3,006 m) on the western border of Kootenay National Park, in the Canadian Rockies.  |
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Here is the 5 d. value (SG #253) from New Zealand's 1898 pictorial series. Otira Gorge is depicted and inset on stamp shows Mount Ruapehu. Mt. Ruapehu is an active stratovolcano which contains glacial ice and has several recreational ski slopes. From wikipedia, "Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in New Zealand, is the highest point on North Island and has three major peaks...the deep active crater is between the peaks and fills with water between major eruptions, being known as Crater Lake." The pic shows a composite satellite image "looking west across Ruapehu" (wikipedia).    |
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On October 12, 1992, Greece released this 400 drachma booklet stamp (Sc #1760a) showing the Pinios Bridge in Larissa, eastern Thessaly. Looming in the background is Mt. Ossa to the northeast. From britannica.com, "Rising from a broad, steep-sided plateau to a pyramidal peak of 6489 feet (1978 m), the mountain is noted in mythology for the attempt of the Aloads (giants), sons of the sea god Poseidon, to climb to heaven by placing Ossa on Olympus and the Pelion Mountains on Ossa."   |
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Here is Austria's August 28, 1985 stamp (Mi #1822) commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Grossglockner Mountain Road. From wikipedia, "The Grossglockner is, at 3798 meters (12,461 ft) above the Adriatic, the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Alps, east of the Brenner Pass."   |
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Georgia Georgian Tops - Ushba June 5, 2008 Ushba (elevation 4700.8 m) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia. Ushba is known as the "Matterhorn of the Caucasus" and is considered by many climbers as the most difficult ascent in the Caucasus.  |
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This domestic rate ("kiwi") stamp of private courier New Zealand Mail (NZM) depicts Mount Sunday, New Zealand. 08/11 inscription at bottom right of stamp indicates that this an August 2011 printing. From atlasobscura.com, "When J.R.R. Tolkien was writing his description of Edoras, the capital city/fort of the kingdom of Rohan, he most likely had no idea he was essentially describing New Zealand's Mount Sunday. Nestled in the Canterbury Plains of South Island, Mount Sunday feels worlds away from civilization. But, in reality, this majestic spot is only about two hours away from Christchurch."  |
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Here is the low value 1/2 real value (Sc #1) from El Salvador's first set (four stamps). Stamps were issued in 1867 and depict the active volcano San Miguel.. From wikipedia, "San Miguel (also known as Volcan Chaparrastique) is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador...On December 29, 2013, San Miguel erupted at 10:30 local time spewing ash and smoke into the sky, and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people living in a 3 kilometer radius around the volcano." Last eruption was in 2018. Photo shows San Miguel in 2013.   |
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New Zealand Landscapes Definitive Issue August 5, 2020 Mount Ngauruhoe (elevation 2291 m) is an active stratovolcano in New Zealand. It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro volcanic complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island, and first erupted about 2500 years ago.  |
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