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Sassafras Mountain

(Encyclopedia)Sassafras Mountain, peak, 3,560 ft (1,085 m) high, NW S.C., in the Blue Ridge Mts., near the N.C. and Ga. lines. It is the highest point in South Carolina. ...

Assiniboine, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Assiniboine, Mount, 11,870 ft (3,618 m) high, on the British Columbia–Alta. line, Canada, on the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mts. It is the focal point of Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park (20 sq ...

Glittertinden

(Encyclopedia)Glittertinden glĭtˈtərtĭnˌən [key], peak, 8,104 ft (2,470 m) high, S central Norway, in the Jotunheimen Mts. It is the highest point in Scandinavia. ...

Moldoveanu

(Encyclopedia)Moldoveanu môldôvyäˈno͞o [key], peak, 8,343 ft (2,543 m) high, central Romania, NW of Cîmpulung in the Transylvanian Alps; highest point in Romania. ...

Rantekombola

(Encyclopedia)Rantekombola ränˌtəkŏmˈbələ [key], mountain, 11,335 ft (3,455 m) high, on the southwest peninsula of Sulawesi island, Indonesia. It is the island's highest point. ...

Cheaha

(Encyclopedia)Cheaha chēˈhô [key], peak, 2,407 ft (734 m) high, E Ala., in the Talladega Mts.; highest point in Alabama. It is included in Talladega National Forest. ...

Cinto, Monte

(Encyclopedia)Cinto, Monte mônˈtā chēnˈtō [key], peak, 8,891 ft (2,710 m) high, NW Corsica, France, NW of Corte. It is the highest point on Corsica. ...

Phou Bia

(Encyclopedia)Phou Bia fo͞o byä [key], peak, 9,242 ft (2,817 m) high, in the Annamese Cordillera, N Laos. It is the highest point in Laos. ...

Borah, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Borah, Mount [for William E. Borah], peak, 12,662 ft (3,859 m) high, central Idaho, in the Lost River Mts.; highest point in the state. ...

Pulog, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Pulog, Mount po͞oˈlōg [key], peak, 9,606 ft (2,928 m) high, NW Luzon, the Philippines, in the Cordillera Central. It is the second highest point in the Philippines. ...