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Kenya, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kenya, Mount, or Mount Kirinyaga, extinct volcano, central Kenya, just south of the equator. Its highest peak, Batian, reaches 17,058 ft (5,199 m), making Mt. Kenya the highest mountain in Africa afte...

Davis, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Davis, Mount, peak, 3,213 ft (979 m) high, SW Pa., in the Alleghenies; highest point in Pennsylvania.

Mount Prospect

(Encyclopedia)Mount Prospect, village (1990 pop. 53,170), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1917. It is a residential suburb of Chicago.

Pinatubo, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Pinatubo, Mount pĭnˌəto͞oˈbō [key], active volcano, 5,840 ft (1,780 m), central Luzon island, the Philippines, c.55 mi (90 km) NW of Manila. Dormant for 600 years, it began erupting on Apr. 2, 1...

Nebo, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Nebo, Mount, 2,625 ft (800 m) high, N Jordan. In the Bible, Moses viewed the Promised Land from there before his death.

Barujari, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Barujari, Mount: see Lombok.

Lydia, Mount

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

Merry Mount

(Encyclopedia)Merry Mount: see Morton, Thomas.

Morrison, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Morrison, Mount, Taiwan: see Yushan. ...

Gargarus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Gargarus, Mount: see Kaz Daği.