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Stoppard, Tom

(Encyclopedia)Stoppard, Tom, 1937–, English playwright, b. Zlín, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), as Tomas Straussler. During his childhood he and his family moved to Singapore, later (1946) settling ...

Yushan

(Encyclopedia)Yushan, Yu Shan, or Mount Morrison, 13,113 ft (3,997 m) high, S Taiwan; highest peak on the island. It was first ascended in 1896 by a Japanese expedition. ...

Finsteraarhorn

(Encyclopedia)Finsteraarhorn fĭnˌstərärˈhôrnˌ [key], peak, 14,032 ft (4,277 m) high, S central Switzerland; highest of the Bernese Alps. ...

Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Brest-Litovsk, Treaty of brĕst-lĭtôfskˈ [key], separate peace treaty in World War I, signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, Mar. 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus). After the ...

Dent Blanche

(Encyclopedia)Dent Blanche däN bläNsh [key], peak, 14,318 ft (4,364 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. ...

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. ...

Marcy, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Marcy, Mount, 5,344 ft (1,629 m) high, NE N.Y., in the Adirondack Mts.; highest peak in the state. Lake Tear of the Clouds, on its southern slope, is the source of the main headstream of the Hudson Ri...

Weisshorn

(Encyclopedia)Weisshorn vīsˈhôrnˌ [key], peak, 14,782 ft (4,506 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, one of the highest in the Pennine Alps. ...

Denali

(Encyclopedia)Denali, formerly Mount McKinley, peak, 20,310 ft (6,190 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the mountain and feed ...

Mauna Kea

(Encyclopedia)Mauna Kea mouˈnə kāˈə [key], dormant volcano, 13,796 ft (4,205 m) high, in the south central part of the island of Hawaii. It is the loftiest peak in the Hawaiian Islands and the highest island m...