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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...

Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham

(Encyclopedia)Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham, 1753–1813, British statesman; second son of George Grenville. He sat in the House of Commons from 1774 until 1779, when he succeeded his ...

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.

Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron, 1788–1855, British general. He entered the army in 1804 and was made (1814) a lieutenant colonel for his services on the duke of Wellington's staff i...

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.