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Jearim, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Jearim, Mount jēˈərĭm [key], the same as Chesalon. ...

Pulog, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Pulog, Mount po͞oˈlōg [key], peak, 9,606 ft (2,928 m) high, NW Luzon, the Philippines, in the Cordillera Central. It is the second highest point in the Philippines. ...

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. ...

Korean War Veterans Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Korean War Veterans Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

World War II Memorial

(Encyclopedia)World War II Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lincoln Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Memorial, monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36 Doric columns rep...

Elgon, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Elgon, Mount ĕlˈgŏn [key], extinct volcano, central Africa, on the Kenya-Uganda border. Its highest peak is Wagagai (14,178 ft/4,321 m). The inhabitants of Mt. Elgon's densely populated lower slope...

Mount Pleasant

(Encyclopedia)Mount Pleasant, city (1990 pop. 23,285), seat of Isabella co., central Mich., on the Chippewa River; settled before 1860, inc. as a city 1889. The city grew after oil was found nearby in 1928. Oil wel...

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