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Moldoveanu

(Encyclopedia)Moldoveanu môldôvyäˈno͞o [key], peak, 8,343 ft (2,543 m) high, central Romania, NW of Cîmpulung in the Transylvanian Alps; highest point in Romania. ...

Koshtan-Tau

(Encyclopedia)Koshtan-Tau kəshtänˌ-touˈ, kôshˌtän– [key], peak, c.16,880 ft (5,150 m) high, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, S European Russia, in the central Greater Caucasus. ...

Pourri, Mont

(Encyclopedia)Pourri, Mont môN po͞orēˈ [key], Alpine peak, 12,428 ft (3,788 m) high, Savoie dept., SE France, near the Italian border. ...

Vignemale

(Encyclopedia)Vignemale vēnyəmälˈ [key], mountain, 10,820 ft (3,298 m) high, S France, on the Franco-Spanish border. It is the highest peak in the French Pyrenees. ...

Squaw Valley

(Encyclopedia)Squaw Valley, valley, NE Calif., in the Sierra Nevada Mts., NW of Lake Tahoe. A well-known ski and winter recreational resort, it was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Ski lifts and trails are on ...

Cinto, Monte

(Encyclopedia)Cinto, Monte mônˈtā chēnˈtō [key], peak, 8,891 ft (2,710 m) high, NW Corsica, France, NW of Corte. It is the highest point on Corsica. ...

Chomo Lhari

(Encyclopedia)Chomo Lhari chŏmŏlhŭˈrē, chōməlhäˈrē [key], peak, 23,997 ft (7,314 m) high, on the Bhutan-China border, in the Himalayas. It is sacred to the Tibetans. ...

Flinders Ranges

(Encyclopedia)Flinders Ranges, mountain chain, extending 260 mi (418 km) between Lake Torrens and Lake Frome, South Australia state, Australia; rises to 3,900 ft (1,189 m) at St. Mary's Peak. Uranium and copper are...

Musala

(Encyclopedia)Musala mo͞osäläˈ [key], mountain, 9,596 ft (2,925 m) high, SW Bulgaria. It is the highest peak of Bulgaria and of the Rhodope range. ...

Phou Bia

(Encyclopedia)Phou Bia fo͞o byä [key], peak, 9,242 ft (2,817 m) high, in the Annamese Cordillera, N Laos. It is the highest point in Laos. ...