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New Zealand Definitive Issue May 7, 2014 Mount Taranaki is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of North Island. The 2518-meter-high mountain is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world.  |
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United Nations (New York) World Heritage - Nordic Countries May 5, 2011 Surtsey Volcanic Island is located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland. It was formed in volcanic eruptions over the course of four years until June 1967.  |
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France Tourism: 1492 first ascent of Mont Aiguille - Isère June 29, 1992 Mont Aiguille (2,085 m) is a mountain in the Vercors Plateau of the French Prealps in the Departement of Isère. The mountain is a relatively flat limestone mesa surrounded by steep cliffs. Its cliffs, especially on the northwest side, are popular with climbers. Its first climb in 1492 was said to mark the birth of mountaineering.  |
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Slovakia EUROPA - Nature Reserves and Parks May 5, 1999 The se-tenant pair shows Tatra National Park, with a panorama of High Tatras, a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia and southern Poland. (Engraver: Martin Cinovsky)  |
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Switzerland Matter Valley November 14, 2013 The souvenir sheet shows Matter Valley with the Matterhorn in the stamp. The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a huge and near-symmetrical pyramidal peak whose summit is 4,478 meters high, making it one of the highest summits in the Alps and Europe.  |
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A little scruffy. A.N.A.R.E. Australian National Antarctic Research Establishment. Heard Island Postmark. Heard Island : Australia's only Volcano.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting Monte Viso, aka Monviso (which at 3,841 m (12,602 ft) is the highest mountain in the Cottian Alps), a climber's ax and rope, and the emblem of the Italian Alpine Club, printed by photogravure, and issued by Italy on March 30, 1963 to commemorate the centenary of the club's founding, Scott No. 873, plus an image of a photo of Monte Viso. - nethryk  |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a scenic mountain view, and the emblem of the Catalunya Excursion Center, printed by photogravure, and issued by Spain on February 10, 1976 to commemorate the center's centenary, Scott No. 1932. - nethryk  |
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India Himalayan Peaks May 19, 1988 Broad Peak (8051 m) K-2 (Godwin Austin) (8611 m) Kanchenjunga (8586 m) Nandadevi (7816 m)  |
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Iceland NORDEN - Tourism March 24, 1983 Súlur is a mountain ridge located between the bay of Breiðdalsvík and the fjord of Stöðvarfjörður in eastern Iceland.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a view of Amba Alagi (aka Alaguie), a mountain in northern Ethiopia, sloping east, and a portrait (inset) of Emperor Haile Selassie I (1892-1975), engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued by Ethiopia on August 23, 1947, Scott No. 285, plus an image of a photograph of Amba Alagi. Historical note: On December 7, 1895, Ethiopian forces defeated an Italian army in the Battle of Amba Alagi during the First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895-1896). - nethryk  |
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Slovenia Mountains - Golica March 23, 1999 Golica (1835 m) is a peak in the Western Karawanks, on the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the Slovene town of Jesenice. It is known mainly for its fields of wild white narcissi in late April and early May.  |
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Chile Centenary of the Region of Frontera January 19, 1997 Set of two stamps, one shows the Lonquimay Volcano, a stratovolcano of late-Pleistocene to Holocene age. Its last eruption began on December 25, 1988 and lasted for 13 months.  |
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Montenegro Tourism July 5, 2006 The Durmitor mountain range is a massif that gave its name to a national park in northwestern Montenegro. The highest peak, Bobotov Kuk, reaches a height of 2523 meters.  |
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