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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. ...

Aso, Mount

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

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...

Mitchell, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Mitchell, Mount, peak, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, W N.C., in the Black Mts. of the Appalachian system; highest peak E of the Mississippi River. ...

Massive, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Massive, Mount, peak, 14,421 ft (4,396 m) high, W central Colo., in the Sawatch Mts. It is the second highest peak in the U.S. Rocky Mts. ...

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...

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...

Merry Mount

(Encyclopedia)Merry Mount: see Morton, Thomas.

Meru, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Meru, Mount māˈro͞o [key], extinct volcano, 14,979 ft (4,566 m) high, NE Tanzania, near Mt. Kilimanjaro. Coffee is grown on its lower slopes. ...

Logan, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Logan, Mount, 19,551 ft (5,959 m) high, in Kluane National Park, extreme SW Yukon, Canada, just E of Alaska; highest mountain in Canada and second highest in North America. One of the St. Elias Mts., ...