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Wupatki National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Wupatki National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Voyageurs National Park

(Encyclopedia)Voyageurs National Park, 218,200 acres (88,340 hectares), N Minnesota. The park contains forested lake country noted for its sports fishing and glacial features. In the 18th cent. the region was a tra...

Cabrillo National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Cabrillo National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Buffalo National River

(Encyclopedia)Buffalo National River, Ark.: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

African National Congress

(Encyclopedia)African National Congress (ANC), the oldest black (now multiracial) political organization in South Africa; founded in 1912. Prominent in its opposition to apartheid, the organization began as a nonvi...

Brookhaven National Laboratory

(Encyclopedia)Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientific research center, at Upton (town of Brookhaven), Long Island, N.Y. It was founded in 1947 by Associated Universities, a management corporation sponsored by ni...

Zion National Park

(Encyclopedia)Zion National Park, 146,592 acres (59,349 hectares), SW Utah. First proclaimed a national monument in 1909, it was enlarged several times and established as a national park in 1919. The park is noted ...

Stonewall National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Stonewall National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Tsavo National Park

(Encyclopedia)Tsavo National Park tsäˈvō [key], 8,034 sq mi (20,808 sq km), SE Kenya; est. 1948. Located on the semiarid plains, it is a sanctuary for the large animals of E Africa. The Mzima Springs are found t...

Tonto National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Tonto National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...