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Gargarus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Gargarus, Mount: see Kaz Daği.

Erebus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Erebus, Mount, volcanic peak, 12,280 ft (3,743 m) high, on Ross Island, in the Ross Sea, E Antarctica. One of the loftiest volcanoes of the world, it was discovered in 1841 by the British explorer Jam...

Ida, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Ida, Mount īˈdə [key], Gr. Ídhi, 8,058 ft (2,456 m) high, central Crete, Greece; the highest mountain on Crete. ...

Aorangi, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Aorangi, Mount ouräkˈē [key] [both: Maori,=cloud in the sky], or Mount Cook, 12,254 ft (3,735 m) high, on the South Island, New Zealand, in the Southern Alps; highest peak of New Zealand. Several g...

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...

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. ...

Egmont, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Egmont, Mount târˌənäˈkē [key], dormant volcano, 8,260 ft (2,517 m) high, on North Island, New Zealand. Conical and snowcapped, it dominates the island's west side. ...

Elbert, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Elbert, Mount, peak, 14,433 ft (4,399 m) high, central Colo.; highest point in the state and tallest peak in the U.S. Rocky Mts.