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Mount Prospect

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

Pinatubo, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Pinatubo, Mount pĭnˌəto͞oˈbō [key], active volcano, 5,840 ft (1,780 m), central Luzon island, the Philippines, c.55 mi (90 km) NW of Manila. Dormant for 600 years, it began erupting on Apr. 2, 1...

Nebo, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Nebo, Mount, 2,625 ft (800 m) high, N Jordan. In the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from there before his death.

Barujari, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Barujari, Mount: see Lombok.

Lydia, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Lydia, Mount, Turkey: see Mycale.

Merry Mount

(Encyclopedia)Merry Mount: see Morton, Thomas.

Morrison, Mount

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

Gargarus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Gargarus, Mount: see Kaz Daği.

Merapi, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Merapi, Mount məräˈpē [key] [Indonesian=mountain of fire], volcano, 9,551 ft (2,911 m) high, central Java, Indonesia, 20 mi (32 km) NNE of Yogyakarta. It is the most active of Indonesia's many vol...

McKinley, Mount

(Encyclopedia)McKinley, Mount, peak, Alaska: see Denali. ...