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Kasbek, Mount

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

Kelut, Mount

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

Kinibalu, Mount

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

Cook, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Cook, Mount, New Zealand: see Aorangi, Mount. ...

Robson, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Robson, Mount, British Columbia: see Mount Robson Provincial Park. ...

Memorial Day

(Encyclopedia)Memorial Day, holiday in the United States observed in late May. Previously designated Decoration Day, it was inaugurated in 1868 by Gen. John A. Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of Civi...

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. ...

Ida, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Ida, Mount īˈdə [key], Gr. Ídhi, 8,058 ft (2,456 m) high, central Crete, Greece; the highest mountain on Crete. ...

Meru, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Meru, Mount māˈro͞o [key], extinct volcano, 14,979 ft (4,566 m) high, NE Tanzania, near Mt. Kilimanjaro. Coffee is grown on its lower slopes. ...

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