What Is The Smallest Mountain In The World?

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Mountain enthusiasts usually gravitate toward the world’s highest peaks, but there’s no reason to ignore the smallest mountain in the world!

Mount Whycheproof, Australia | By Prince Roy [<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>], <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Wycheproof_Lookout.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>
Mount Whycheproof, Australia | By Prince Roy [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Mount Wycheproof sits at 148 meters | 486 feet in the Terrick Terrick Range near the town of Wycheproof in Victoria, Australia. Mt Wycheproof is registered as the smallest mountain in the world. This towering summit rise 43 meters | 141 feet above the surrounding landscape.

The town of Wycheproof sits on the southwestern slopes of the world’s smallest mountain. According to Wikipedia.org, the name of Wycheproof “originates from the local Aboriginal language, ‘wichi-poorp’, meaning ‘grass on a hill’.” The area is known for a “a unique geological substance known as Wycheproofite” that is “exclusive to the local area.”

Do you have what it takes to climb Mount Wycheproof? Probably.

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