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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. ...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 Olympus
(Encyclopedia)Mount Olympus: see Cyprus; Olympic Mountains; Olympus. ...Mount Pleasant
(Encyclopedia)Mount Pleasant, city (1990 pop. 23,285), seat of Isabella co., central Mich., on the Chippewa River; settled before 1860, inc. as a city 1889. The city grew after oil was found nearby in 1928. Oil wel...Mount Prospect
(Encyclopedia)Mount Prospect, village (1990 pop. 53,170), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1917. It is a residential suburb of Chicago.Browse by Subject
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