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Ólonos, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Ólonos, Mount: see Erymanthos, mountains, Greece. ...Olympus, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Olympus, Mount: see Cyprus; Olympic Mts., Wash.; Olympus, Greece. ...Ontake, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Ontake, Mount or Mount Kiso Ontake, volcano, 10,062 ft (3,067 m), on the Gifu-Nagano prefecture border, central Honshu, central Japan, 36 mi (58 km) SW of Matsumoto. The second highest volcano in Japa...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.Nemrut, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Nemrut, Mount, Turk. Nemrut Dağ, mountain in SE Turkey, in the Anti-Taurus Mts. Rising 7,052 ft (2,150 m), it is the site of the mausoleum of Antiochus I (c.69–c.34 b.c.), king of ancient Commagene...Washington, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Washington, Mount, N.H.: see Presidential Range. ...Wilhelmina, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Wilhelmina, Mount, Indonesia: see Trikora Peak. ...Wilson, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Wilson, Mount, peak, 5,710 ft (1,740 m) high, S Calif., in the San Gabriel Mts., NE of Pasadena. It is the site of Mt. Wilson Observatory (est. 1904), one of the Hale Observatories. A 100-in. (254-cm)...Carstensz, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Carstensz, Mount, New Guinea: see Jaya Peak. ...Barujari, Mount
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