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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, S central Idaho; est. 1924. The monument (53,438 acres/21,625 hectares) lies at the north end of the much larger preserve (698,940 acres/282,851 hec...

moon

(Encyclopedia)CE5 The moon: Near side CE5 The moon: Far side moon, natural satellite of a planet (see satellite, natural) or dwarf planet, in particular, the single natural satellite of the earth. It is no...

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Canyons of the Ancients National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Moon, Mountains of the

(Encyclopedia)Moon, Mountains of the, Africa: see Ruwenzori. ...

Mountains of the Moon

(Encyclopedia)Mountains of the Moon, Africa: see Ruwenzori. ...

Moon, Warren

(Encyclopedia)Moon, Warren (Harold Warren Moon, Jr.), 1956–, African-American football player, b. Los Angeles. Moon quarterbacked the Univ. of Washington Huskies to a Rose Bowl title in 1978, but he went undrafte...

Homestead National Monument of America

(Encyclopedia)Homestead National Monument of America: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Statue of Liberty National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Statue of Liberty National Monument: see Liberty, Statue of. ...

Navajo National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Navajo National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Tonto National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Tonto National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...