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Jefferson, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Jefferson, Mount, N.H.: see Presidential Range. ...

Mount Clemens

(Encyclopedia)Mount Clemens klĕmˈənz [key], city (1990 pop. 18,405), seat of Macomb co., NE of Detroit, SE Mich., on the Clinton River; settled c.1798, inc. as a city 1879. The city is known for its mineral wate...

Mount Olympus

(Encyclopedia)Mount Olympus: see Cyprus; Olympic Mountains; Olympus. ...

Mount Pleasant

(Encyclopedia)Mount Pleasant, city (1990 pop. 23,285), seat of Isabella co., central Mich., on the Chippewa River; settled before 1860, inc. as a city 1889. The city grew after oil was found nearby in 1928. Oil wel...

Mount Prospect

(Encyclopedia)Mount Prospect, village (1990 pop. 53,170), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1917. It is a residential suburb of Chicago.

Moriah, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Moriah, Mount, biblical name of the hill of E Jerusalem. According to Second Chronicles it was the site of Solomon's temple. ...

Morrison, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Morrison, Mount, Taiwan: see Yushan. ...

Ólonos, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Ólonos, Mount: see Erymanthos, mountains, Greece. ...

Olympus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Olympus, Mount: see Cyprus; Olympic Mts., Wash.; Olympus, Greece. ...

Ontake, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Ontake, Mount or Mount Kiso Ontake, volcano, 10,062 ft (3,067 m), on the Gifu-Nagano prefecture border, central Honshu, central Japan, 36 mi (58 km) SW of Matsumoto. The second highest volcano in Japa...