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Greylock, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Greylock, Mount, Mass.: see Berkshire Hills. ...

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. ...

Fuji, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Fuji, Mount fo͞oˈjē-sän [key], volcanic peak, 12,389 ft (3,776 m) high, central Honshu, Japan, in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (472 sq mi/1,222 sq km; est. 1936). The highest mountain in Japan, i...

Gargarus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Gargarus, Mount: see Kaz Daği.

Elgon, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Elgon, Mount ĕlˈgŏn [key], extinct volcano, central Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border. Its highest peak is Wagagai (14,178 ft/4,321 m). The inhabitants of Mt. Elgon's densely populated lower slope...

Aragats, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Aragats, Mount ələgyôsˈ [key], extinct volcano, 13,435 ft (4,095 m) high, N Armenia, in the Lesser Caucasus. It is the highest peak in Armenia. ...

Jearim, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Jearim, Mount jēˈərĭm [key], the same as Chesalon. ...

Jefferson, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Jefferson, Mount, N.H.: see Presidential Range. ...

Mount Clemens

(Encyclopedia)Mount Clemens klĕmˈənz [key], city (1990 pop. 18,405), seat of Macomb co., NE of Detroit, SE Mich., on the Clinton River; settled c.1798, inc. as a city 1879. The city is known for its mineral wate...

Mount Olympus

(Encyclopedia)Mount Olympus: see Cyprus; Olympic Mountains; Olympus. ...