North America

Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in . The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 mi in a straight-line distance from the northernmost part of Western Canada, to in the .
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  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: major mountain range in western North America
  • Also known as: “Heska”, “Iinawaakatiituhat”, “Iraahkarihaarahat”, “Iraahkarihraaruuta”, “Iyahetaga”, “Iyaxe”, “Iyaxesica”, “Rockies”, “Steinigtes Gebürge”, “Stoney Mountains”, “The Rockies”, and “Waakatistaaka”

Rocky Mountains

Latitude of center
43.3579° or 43° 21′ 28″ north
Longitude of center
-110.9175° or 110° 55′ 3″ west
Elevation
2,252 metres (7,388 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3791973299
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
5836950
Wiki­data ID
Q5463
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rocky Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rotsgebergte”
  • Albanian: “Malet Shkëmbore”
  • Amharic: “ሮኪ ተራሮች”
  • Arabic: “جبال الروكي”
  • Arabic: “جبال روكي”
  • Aragonese: “Montanyas Rocosas”
  • Armenian: “Ժայռոտ լեռներ”
  • Assamese: “ৰকি পৰ্বতমালা”
  • Asturian: “Los Montes Peñascosos”
  • Asturian: “Montes Peñascosos”
  • Asturian: “Montes Rocosos”
  • Avaric: “Кьурахарал мугӀрул”
  • Awadhi: “रॉकी पर्वत”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qayalı dağlar”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡаялы тауҙар”
  • Basque: “Mendi Harritsuak”
  • Bavarian: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Belarusian: “Скалістыя горы”
  • Bengali: “রকি পর্বতমালা”
  • Bhojpuri: “राकी परबत”
  • Bhojpuri: “राकी पर्वत”
  • Bhojpuri: “रॉकी परबत”
  • Bosnian: “Stjenovite planine”
  • Breton: “Menezioù Roc’hellek”
  • Bulgarian: “Скалисти планини”
  • Burmese: “ရော့ကီး တောင်တန်း”
  • Catalan: “muntanyes Rocalloses”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Rocalloses”
  • Catalan: “muntanyes Rocoses”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Rocoses”
  • Cebuano: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Central Bikol: “Kabukidan kan Rocky”
  • Central Kurdish: “زنجیرەچیاکانی ڕۆکی”
  • Chechen: “Тархаш йолу лаьмнаш”
  • Chechen: “Тархийн лаьмнаш”
  • Cheyenne: “Ho’honáá’e Tsé’amoo’êse”
  • Chinese: “Rocky Soaⁿ-me̍h”
  • Chinese: “洛磯山脈”
  • Chinese: “落基山脉”
  • Chinese: “落磯山”
  • Cornish: “Menydhyow Karnek”
  • Corsican: “Muntagni Rucciosi”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Qaya dağları”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Qayalı dağlar”
  • Croatian: “Stjenjak”
  • Czech: “Skalisté hory”
  • Czech: “Skalnaté hory”
  • Danish: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Koyê Salekıni”
  • Dutch: “Rockies”
  • Dutch: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Rotsgebergte”
  • Eastern Mari: “Саҥга курык”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال روكى”
  • Esperanto: “Roka Montaro”
  • Estonian: “Kaljumäestik”
  • Faroese: “Klettafjøll”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Finnish: “Kalliovuoret”
  • French: “montagnes Rocheuses”
  • French: “Montagnes Rocheuses”
  • French: “Rocheuses”
  • Galician: “Montañas Rochosas”
  • Georgian: “კლდოვანი მთები”
  • German: “Felsengebirge”
  • German: “Rockies”
  • German: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Greek: “Βραχώδη Όρη”
  • Guarani: “Yvytyguasukuéra Henyhẽ Itágui”
  • Guarani: “Yvytyguasukuéra Henyhẽva Itágui”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Montangn Rochéz”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Rocky Sân-mak”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הרוקי”
  • Hindi: “रॉकी पर्वत शृंखला”
  • Hungarian: “Sziklás-hegység”
  • Icelandic: “Klettafjöll”
  • Ido: “Rokoza Monti”
  • Iloko: “Nabato a Banbantay”
  • Inari Sami: “Källeeväärih”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Rocky”
  • Interlingua: “Montanias Roccose”
  • Interlingue: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Irish: “Na Sléibhte Creagacha”
  • Irish: “Sléibhte Creagacha”
  • Italian: “Montagne Rocciose”
  • Japanese: “ロッキー山脈”
  • Javanese: “Pagunungan Rocky”
  • Javanese: “Pegunungan Rocky”
  • Kabyle: “Idurar n ruki”
  • Kabyle: “Idurar n Ṛuky”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Taslı tawlar”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къаялы таула”
  • Kazakh: “Сеңгір таулар”
  • Kazakh: “Сеңгір таулары”
  • Kirghiz: “Аскалуу тоолор”
  • Korean: “로키 산맥”
  • Korean: “로키산맥”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayên Kevir”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayên Zinarî”
  • Kurdish: “Kevir”
  • Kurdish: “Rockies”
  • Kurdish: “Rocky”
  • Kurdish: “Zinar”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Rocky”
  • Ladin: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Lao: “ພູເຂົາ ຣັອກກີ້ (Rocky Mountains)”
  • Latin: “Montes Saxosi”
  • Latvian: “Klinšu kalni”
  • Lezghian: “Рагар авай сувар”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Rocosas”
  • Literary Chinese: “落磯山”
  • Lithuanian: “Uoliniai kalnai”
  • Lombard: “Muntagn Rucius”
  • Low German: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Macedonian: “Карпести Планини”
  • Malagasy: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Malagasy: “Rocky Moutains”
  • Malay: “Banjaran Rocky”
  • Malayalam: “റോക്കി മലനിരകൾ”
  • Marathi: “रॉकी पर्वतरांग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rocky Soaⁿ-me̍h”
  • Mingrelian: “კირდეამი გვალეფი”
  • Mongolian: “Хадат уул”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الجبال الصخرية”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جبال روكي”
  • Narom: “Montangnes Rotcheuses”
  • Navajo: “Tsédeeshzha Dził”
  • Newari: “रक्की च्वापुगुं झ्वः”
  • Newari: “रक्की पर्वत”
  • Northern Frisian: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Norwegian: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Montanhas Rocosas”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Stānbeorgas”
  • Ossetian: “Къæдзæхджын хæхтæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਰੌਕੀ ਪਹਾੜ”
  • Persian: “رشته‌کوه راکی”
  • Persian: “کوه‌های راکی”
  • Piemontese: “Montagne Rocose”
  • Polish: “Góry Skaliste”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Rochosas”
  • Romanian: “Munții Stâncoși”
  • Russia Buriat: “Хабсагайта уула”
  • Russian: “Скалистые горы”
  • Rusyn: “Скалисты горы”
  • Samogitian: “Oulėnē kalnā”
  • Sardinian: “Montes Rocosos”
  • Scots: “Rocky Moontains”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beanntan Creagach”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na Beanntan Creagach”
  • Serbian: “Stenovite planine”
  • Serbian: “Стеновите планине”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stjenovite planine”
  • Sicilian: “Muntagni Rucciusi”
  • Sindhi: “راڪيز”
  • Slovak: “Skalnaté vrchy”
  • Slovenian: “Skalno gorovje”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راکی داغلاری”
  • Spanish: “Montañas Rocosas”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵔⵓⴽⵉ”
  • Swahili: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Swedish: “Klippiga bergen”
  • Swiss German: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Tagalog: “Bulubunduking Rocky”
  • Tagalog: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Tajik: “Кӯҳҳои Серхарсанг”
  • Tamil: “ராக்கி மலைத்தொடர்”
  • Tatar: “Кыялы таулар”
  • Telugu: “రాకీ పర్వతాలు”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาร็อกกี”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Turkish: “Rocky Dağları”
  • Turkmen: “Gaýalyk daglar”
  • Uighur: “قىيىلىق تاغلار”
  • Ukrainian: “Скелясті гори”
  • Urdu: “سلسلہ کوہ راکی”
  • Uzbek: “Qoyali togʻlar”
  • Venetian: “Montagne Rocioxe”
  • Venetian: “Montagne Rocioze”
  • Veps: “Kall’oikahad mäged”
  • Vietnamese: “dãy núi Rocky”
  • Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Rocky”
  • Vietnamese: “dãy Rocky”
  • Vietnamese: “Rặng Thạch Sơn”
  • Vietnamese: “Rockies”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabubkiran Rocky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabugkiran Rocky”
  • Welsh: “Rockies”
  • Western Frisian: “Rocky Mountains”
  • Western Panjabi: “روکی پہاڑ”
  • Wu Chinese: “洛基山脉”
  • Yiddish: “ראקי בערג”
  • Yue Chinese: “洛磯山脈”
  • “kulupu nena Waki”
  • “Mundagne Rocciose”
  • “Oulėnē kalnā”
  • “रॉकी परबत”

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