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Lucania, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Lucania, Mount, 17,147 ft (5,226 m) high, in the St. Elias Mts., SW Yukon, Canada, near the Alaska line; Canada's third tallest peak. ...

McKinley, Mount

(Encyclopedia)McKinley, Mount, peak, Alaska: see Denali. ...

Mansfield, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Mansfield, Mount, peak, 4,393 ft (1,339 m) high, N central Vt.; highest peak in the Green Mts. and in Vermont. Most of the mountain is in Mt. Mansfield State Forest. At the foot of the mountain is a d...

Lydia, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Lydia, Mount, Turkey: see Mycale.

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...

Meager, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Meager, Mount, volcano, 8,793 ft (2,680 m) high, SW British Columbia, Canada, 90 mi (150 km) N of Vancouver. It is the northernmost of the Cascade Range volcanoes and the second highest peak of the Mo...

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 ...

Kazbek, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kazbek, Mount kŏzbĕkˈ, Rus. kəzbyĕkˈ [key], peak, 16,541 ft (5,042 m) high, N Georgia, in the Greater Caucasus. An extinct volcano, it rises above the Daryal gorge and the Georgian Military Road...

Kelud, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kelud, Mount kəlo͞od [key], Bahasa Indonesia, Gunung Kelud, active volcano, 5,643 ft (1,720 m) high, central East Java prov., Indonesia, SE of Kediri and NE of Blitar; also known as Mt. Kelut. Lahar...

Kelut, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kelut, Mount, Indonesia: see Kelud, Mount. ...