The world's highest mountain range is the Himalayas. It is located in Asia. The tallest mountain in the world (above sea level) is Mount Everest, which is located in the Himal â¦ ayas.
The term 'Barbary Coast' is borrowed from the Barbary Coast of North Africa where local pirates and slave traders launched raids on nearby coastal towns and vessels. That African region was also notorious for the same kind of predatory dives which would target sailors, as had been done on San Francisco's Barbary Coast.
Cape Verde, also known as Cabo Verde and officially as the RepÃºblica de Cabo Verde, is an island country in Africa. It is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 570 km off the coast of Western Africa. The islands, covering a combined area of slightly over 4,000 km2, are of volcanic origin. Cape Verde is one of Macaronesia's group of islands.