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Scotts Bluff National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Scotts Bluff National Monument: see Scottsbluff; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Matanzas National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Matanzas National Monument: see Saint Augustine, Fla.; National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Johnstown Flood National Memorial: see Johnstown (2); National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet

(Encyclopedia)Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet: see National Dialogue Quartet. ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

(Encyclopedia)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ...

Government National Mortgage Association

(Encyclopedia)Government National Mortgage Association: see under Federal National Mortgage Association. ...

National Bureau of Standards

(Encyclopedia)National Bureau of Standards: see National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...

Kodiak Island

(Encyclopedia)Kodiak Island kōˈdēăkˌ [key], 5,363 sq mi (13,890 sq km), c.100 mi (160 km) long and 10–60 mi (16–96 km) wide, off S Alaska, separated from the Alaska Peninsula by Shelikof Strait. Alaska's l...

Kitt Peak National Observatory

(Encyclopedia)Kitt Peak National Observatory, astronomical observatory located southwest of Tucson, Ariz.; it was founded in 1958 under contract with the National Science Foundation and is administered by the Assoc...

dune

(Encyclopedia)dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited b...