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Saint Elias Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Saint Elias Mountains, section of the Coast Ranges, SW Yukon, Canada, and SE Alaska, rising to 19,551 ft (5,959 m) at Mt. Logan, Canada's highest peak. Kluane National Park is there. ...

Revelstoke

(Encyclopedia)Revelstoke rĕvˈəlstōk [key], city (1991 pop. 7,729), SE British Columbia, Canada, on the Columbia River. The city is at the foot of the Selkirk Mts. and is the gateway to Mt. Revelstoke National P...

cave

(Encyclopedia)cave, a cavity in the earth's surface usually large enough for a person to enter. Caves may be formed by the chemical and mechanical action of a stream upon soluble or soft rock, of rainwater seeping ...

Fredericksburg

(Encyclopedia)Fredericksburg. 1 Town (2020 pop. 10,875), Gillespie co., S central Texas, in the Texas Hill Country near the Pedernales River; inc. 1928. Located in an...

Camp David

(Encyclopedia)Camp David, U.S. presidential retreat, located in Catoctin Mountain Park (see National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table), in NW Md. The Camp David accords, the terms of a ...

Bozeman

(Encyclopedia)Bozeman, city (2020 pop. 53,293), seat of Gallatin co., SW Mont.; inc. 1883. Named after John M. Bozeman, who led settlers here in 1864, it is the hub o...

Olmsted, Frederick Law

(Encyclopedia)Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822–1903, American landscape architect and writer, b. Hartford, Conn. Although his Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England had appeared in 1852, Olmsted first attai...

Apo, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Apo, Mount äˈpō [key], active volcano, 9,690 ft (2,953 m) high, on S Mindanao island, the Philippines. It is the highest peak of the islands. Mt. Apo has a snowcapped appearance but is actually cov...

Hwange

(Encyclopedia)Hwange wŏngˈkē [key], city (1992 est. pop. 42,600), W Zimbabwe. It is a coal-mining center. The city was founded in 1903 and named for a local chief. A nearby national park attracts many tourists. ...

Great South Bay

(Encyclopedia)Great South Bay, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.45 mi (72 km) long, between the southern shore of Long Island and offshore barrier islands, SE N.Y. With the rapid population growth along its shores, the...