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Kosciusko, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kosciusko, Mount, Australia: see Kosciuszko, Mount. ...

Kosciuszko, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kosciuszko, Mount kŏzēŭˈskō, kŏsho͝oshˈkō [key], 7,310 ft (2,228 m) high, SE New South Wales, Australia, in the Australian Alps; highest peak on the continent of Australia. Located in Koscius...

Kinibalu, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kinibalu, Mount: see Kinabalu, Mount, Malaysia. ...

Kirinyaga, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kirinyaga, Mount: see Kenya, Mount. ...

Kirishima, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kirishima, Mount, or Kirishimayama, volcanic complex, N of Kagoshima Bay on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Kyushu, S Japan. Consisting of some 30 stratovolcanoes, craters, and ...

Kinabalu, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kinabalu or Kinibalu, Mount both: kĭnˌəbəlo͞oˈ [key], peak, 13,455 ft (4,101 m) high, N Sabah, Malaysia, NE of Kota Kinabalu; highest peak on Borneo. ...

Kasbek, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kasbek, Mount: see Kazbek, Mount, Georgia. ...

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...

Kerinci, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kerinci, Mount, or Mount Kerintji both: kərĭnˈchē [key], peak, 12,467 ft (3,800 m) high, in the Pegunungan Barisan, W central Sumatra, Indonesia. It is Sumatra's highest point. ...

Mount Clemens

(Encyclopedia)Mount Clemens klĕmˈənz [key], city (1990 pop. 18,405), seat of Macomb co., NE of Detroit, SE Mich., on the Clinton River; settled c.1798, inc. as a city 1879. The city is known for its mineral wate...