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Meager, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Meager, Mount, volcano, 8,793 ft (2,680 m) high, SW British Columbia, Canada, 90 mi (150 km) N of Vancouver. It is the northernmost of the Cascade Range volcanoes and the second highest peak of the Mo...

Davis, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Davis, Mount, peak, 3,213 ft (979 m) high, SW Pa., in the Alleghenies; highest point in Pennsylvania.

Matterhorn

(Encyclopedia)Matterhorn tāôdülˈ [key], a pass (alt. 10,800 ft/3,292 m), links Italy with Switzerland. ...

Pennines

(Encyclopedia)Pennines pĕnˈīnz [key] or Pennine Chain, mountain range, sometimes called the “backbone of England,” extending c.160 mi (260 km) from the Cheviot Hills on the Scottish border to the Peak Distri...

Big Black Mountain

(Encyclopedia)Big Black Mountain, peak, 4,145 ft (1,263 m) high, E Ky., in the Cumberland Mts.; highest point in Kentucky.

Backbone Mountain

(Encyclopedia)Backbone Mountain, peak, 3,360 ft (1,024 m) high, NW Md., in the Allegheny Mts.; highest elevation in the state.

Demavend

(Encyclopedia)Demavend, peak, Iran: see Damavand. ...

Dachstein

(Encyclopedia)Dachstein, peak, Austria: see Salzkammergut. ...

Hvannadalshnúkur

(Encyclopedia)Hvannadalshnúkur, peak: see Öraefajökull, Iceland. ...

Godwin-Austen, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Godwin-Austen, Mount, peak, Kashmir: see K2. ...