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Nevado del Ruiz
(Encyclopedia)Nevado del Ruiz, volcano, 17,457 ft (5,321 m) high, in the Cordillera Central of the N Andes, E Colombia, on the Caldas-Tolima dept. border. A broad, glacier-covered stratovolcano, it can produce expl...Ojos del Salado
(Encyclopedia)Ojos del Salado ōˈhōs ᵺĕl säläˈᵺō [key], peak, 22,539 ft (6,870 m) high, on the border between Argentina and Chile, in the Andes. It is the second highest of the Andean peaks. In 1956 a Ch...Mar del Plata
(Encyclopedia)Mar del Plata mär ᵺĕl pläˈtä [key], city (1991 pop. 519,707), E central Argentina, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most popular seaside resorts in South America. Fishing and fish proces...Viña del Mar
(Encyclopedia)Viña del Mar vēˈnyä dĕl mär [key] [Span.,=vineyard by the sea], city (1990 est. pop. 281,100), central Chile. Practically a suburb of Valparaiso, Viña del Mar is one of the most famous and popu...Casal, Julián del
(Encyclopedia)Casal, Julián del ho͞olyänˈ dĕl käsälˈ [key], 1863–93, Cuban poet, b. Havana. A friend of Rubén Darío, Casal became a leader in modernismo. He was greatly influenced by the French Parnassi...Castagno, Andrea del
(Encyclopedia)Castagno, Andrea del ändrĕˈä dĕl kästäˈnyō [key], c.1423–1457, major Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. His first recorded painting (1440; now destroyed), effigies of hanged men, ...Vaga, Perino del
(Encyclopedia)Vaga, Perino del: see Perino del Vaga. ...Bassano del Grappa
(Encyclopedia)Bassano del Grappa bäs-säˈnō dĕl gräpˈpä [key], city, Venetia, NE Italy, on t...Torre del Greco
(Encyclopedia)Torre del Greco tôrˈrā dĕl grĕˈkō [key], city (1991 pop. 101,361), Campania, S Italy, on the Bay of Naples, near Mt. Vesuvius. It is a fishing port, industrial center, and a popular seaside res...Tierra del Fuego
(Encyclopedia)Tierra del Fuego tyĕˈrä dĕl fwāˈgō [key], [Span.,=land of fire], archipelago, 28,476 sq mi (73,753 sq km), off S South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan. It consist...Browse by Subject
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