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Evans, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Evans, Mount, peak, 14,260 ft (4,346 m) high, N central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. At its summit is the Inter-University High Altitude Laboratory. ...

Ulugh Muztag

(Encyclopedia)Ulugh Muztag or Ulugh Mus Tagh, peak, China: see Kunlun. ...

Brasstown Bald

(Encyclopedia)Brasstown Bald, peak, 4,784 ft (1,458 m) high, N Ga., in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mts., near the N.C. line. It is the highest point in Georgia. ...

Sassafras Mountain

(Encyclopedia)Sassafras Mountain, peak, 3,560 ft (1,085 m) high, NW S.C., in the Blue Ridge Mts., near the N.C. and Ga. lines. It is the highest point in South Carolina. ...

Yushan

(Encyclopedia)Yushan, Yu Shan, or Mount Morrison, 13,113 ft (3,997 m) high, S Taiwan; highest peak on the island. It was first ascended in 1896 by a Japanese expedition. ...

Finsteraarhorn

(Encyclopedia)Finsteraarhorn fĭnˌstərärˈhôrnˌ [key], peak, 14,032 ft (4,277 m) high, S central Switzerland; highest of the Bernese Alps. ...

Marcy, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Marcy, Mount, 5,344 ft (1,629 m) high, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts.; highest peak in the state. Lake Tear of the Clouds, on its southern slope, is the source of the main headstream of the Hudson Ri...

Frissell, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Frissell, Mount frĭzĕlˈ [key], peak, 2,380 ft (725 m) high, NW Conn., in the Taconic Mts., near the Mass.–N.Y. line. ...

Dent Blanche

(Encyclopedia)Dent Blanche däN bläNsh [key], peak, 14,318 ft (4,364 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. ...

Weisshorn

(Encyclopedia)Weisshorn vīsˈhôrnˌ [key], peak, 14,782 ft (4,506 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, one of the highest in the Pennine Alps. ...