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Thomas Edison National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Thomas Edison National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park
(Encyclopedia)Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park, 327,647 acres (132,566 hectares), SW Northern Territory, central Australia. This Anangu-owned park, leased to the Australian government by the aboriginal people, cont...Prince Edward Island National Park
(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island National Park, 7 sq mi (18 sq km), NW P.E.I., Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; est. 1937. It extends 25 mi (40 km) along the coast and contains sand dunes, cliffs, salt marshe...Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Saint Lawrence Islands National Park
(Encyclopedia)Saint Lawrence Islands National Park, 1,000 acres (405 hectares), S Ont., Canada, in the Thousand Islands; est. 1904. It includes 17 wooded Canadian islands and some adjacent mainland between Kingston...Cape Breton Highlands National Park
(Encyclopedia)Cape Breton Highlands National Park brĕtˈən [key], 367 sq mi (951 sq km), N Cape Breton Island, N. S., Canada; est. 1936. It covers a large tableland and includes sections of the rugged Atlantic co...Chaco Culture National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Chaco Culture National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Pea Ridge National Military Park
(Encyclopedia)Pea Ridge National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Highland Park
(Encyclopedia)Highland Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 29,415), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical ...Mount Stromlo Observatory
(Encyclopedia)Mount Stromlo Observatory, astronomical observatory located on Mt. Stromlo, near Canberra, Australia. Established in 1924 (14 years after the first telescope was erected there), it has been operated b...Browse by Subject
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