There are too many factors that would determine it such as the age of the mountain, its location, and how it was formed. In Himalaya's fossils, ocean dwelling creatures were found near the summit because they were pushed upward by the tectonic movement
Answer: The glacial-interglacial cycle is triggered by changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun, and, as a result, there is approximately 100,000 years between interglacials (or glacials).