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Kitt Peak

(Encyclopedia)Kitt Peak, 6,875 ft (2,095 m) high, on the Papago reservation in the Quinlan Mts., S Ariz., SW of Tucson. It is the site of Kitt Peak National Observatory. ...

Harney Peak

(Encyclopedia)Harney Peak, S.Dak.: see Black Hills. ...

Gannett Peak

(Encyclopedia)Gannett Peak, Wyo.: see Wind River Range. ...

Garmo Peak

(Encyclopedia)Garmo Peak: see Ismoili Somoni Peak. ...

Jaya Peak

(Encyclopedia)Jaya or Djaja Peak both: jäˈyə [key], highest mountain peak on Mt. Jayawijaya, in the Sudirman Mts., Papua prov., Indonesia, on W New Guinea, rising to 16,503 ft (5,031 m). It is the highest point ...

Djaja Peak

(Encyclopedia)Djaja Peak, Indonesia: see Jaya Peak. ...

Communism Peak

(Encyclopedia)Communism Peak: see Ismoili Somoni Peak. ...

Peak District

(Encyclopedia)Peak District or The Peak, dissected plateau, c.30 mi (50 km) long and 22 mi (35 km) wide, Derbyshire, central England, forming the southern extremity of the Pennines. Kinderscout (2,088 ft/636 m) is ...

Pobeda Peak

(Encyclopedia)Pobeda Peak, Kyrgyzstan-China: see Tian Shan. ...

Pikes Peak

(Encyclopedia)Pikes Peak, 14,110 ft (4,301 m) high, central Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts.; discovered by U.S. explorer Zebulon Pike in 1806. There are many higher peaks in the Rockies, but this is the...