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Kinibalu, Mount

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

Kirinyaga, Mount

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

Kirishima, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kirishima, Mount, or Kirishimayama, volcanic complex, N of Kagoshima Bay on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Kyushu, S Japan. Consisting of some 30 stratovolcanoes, craters, and ...

Kosciusko, Mount

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

Kosciuszko, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kosciuszko, Mount kŏzēŭˈskō, kŏsho͝oshˈkō [key], 7,310 ft (2,228 m) high, SE New South Wales, Australia, in the Australian Alps; highest peak on the continent of Australia. Located in Koscius...

Kumgang, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kumgang, Mount ko͞omˈgängˈ [key], mountain, SE North Korea, rising to 5,374 ft (1,638 m). There are scenic ravines and caverns and many ancient Buddhist temples, as well as a modern resort at the ...

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. ...

Robson, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Robson, Mount, British Columbia: see Mount Robson Provincial Park. ...

Rocky Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rocky Mount, city (1990 pop. 48,997), Edgecombe and Nash counties, E N.C., on the Tar River; settled by 1818, inc. 1867. The growing city is the commercial and distribution center of a rich agricultur...