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Jefferson, Mount

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

Mayon, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Mayon, Mount mäyōnˈ [key], active volcano, c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) high, SE Luzon, the Philippines. One of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines, it also is considered one of the world's most p...

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...

Assiniboine, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Assiniboine, Mount, 11,870 ft (3,618 m) high, on the British Columbia–Alta. line, Canada, on the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mts. It is the focal point of Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park (20 sq ...

Athabasca, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Athabasca, Mount, 11,452 ft (3,491 m) high, W Alta., Canada, in the Canadian Rockies at the headwaters of the Athabasca River. It is on the edge of the Columbia snowfield, and the Saskatchewan and Ath...

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. ...