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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...

Mansfield, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Mansfield, Mount, peak, 4,393 ft (1,339 m) high, N central Vt.; highest peak in the Green Mts. and in Vermont. Most of the mountain is in Mt. Mansfield State Forest. At the foot of the mountain is a d...

Marcy, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Marcy, Mount, 5,344 ft (1,629 m) high, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts.; highest peak in the state. Lake Tear of the Clouds, on its southern slope, is the source of the main headstream of the Hudson Ri...

Aso, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Aso, Mount, Kyushu, Japan: see Aso-san. ...

Kosciusko, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kosciusko, Mount, Australia: see Kosciuszko, Mount. ...

Kinibalu, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kinibalu, Mount: see Kinabalu, Mount, Malaysia. ...

Kirinyaga, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kirinyaga, Mount: see Kenya, Mount. ...

Kinabalu, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kinabalu or Kinibalu, Mount both: kĭnˌəbəlo͞oˈ [key], peak, 13,455 ft (4,101 m) high, N Sabah, Malaysia, NE of Kota Kinabalu; highest peak on Borneo. ...

Kasbek, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kasbek, Mount: see Kazbek, Mount, Georgia. ...

Kerinci, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kerinci, Mount, or Mount Kerintji both: kərĭnˈchē [key], peak, 12,467 ft (3,800 m) high, in the Pegunungan Barisan, W central Sumatra, Indonesia. It is Sumatra's highest point. ...