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Kebnekaise

(Encyclopedia)Kebnekaise kĕbˈnəkīˌsə [key] [Sami,=kettle top], mountain, Norrbotten prov., N Sweden; highest in Sweden. Keknekaise has two peaks, and the southern one, covered by ice, was the highest, at 6,96...

Sylacauga

(Encyclopedia)Sylacauga sĭləkŏgˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 12,520), Talladega co., central Ala.; inc. 1839. It is a processing center for a livestock and timber area. The city is built upon a solid bed of cream-...

Sinding, Christian

(Encyclopedia)Sinding, Christian krĭsˈtyän sĭnˈdĭng [key], 1856–1941, Norwegian nationalist composer, best remembered for his lyrical, romantic piano works, including the popular Rustle of Spring. He also w...

Snowdon

(Encyclopedia)Snowdon, Welsh Yr Wyddfa, highest mountain of Wales, 3,560 ft (1,085 m) high, Gwynedd, NW Wales. Its five peaks are separated by passes. There is a rack and pinion railway (opened 1896) from Llanberis...

Bureya

(Encyclopedia)Bureya bo͝orāˈä [key], mountain range, Khabarovsk Territory, SE Russian Far East, extending into NE China as the Xiao Hinggan (Lesser Khingan) range. The site of the Bureya coal basin, it rises to...

Pendelikón

(Encyclopedia)Pendelikón pĕntĕˈlĭkəs [key], mountain, c.3,670 ft (1,120 m) high, central Greece, NE of Athens. The white marble quarried there was used for many buildings of ancient Athens. Marble is still ta...

Pico

(Encyclopedia)Pico pēˈkō [key] [Port.,=peak], island (1991 pop. 15,129), 167 sq mi (433 sq km), Horta dist., in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores. It takes its name from the volcanic mountain, Pico Alto ...

Wengen

(Encyclopedia)Wengen vĕngˈərn älp [key], at 6,160 ft (1,878 m), has a beautiful view of the Jungfrau peak. ...

Berry, Martha McChesney

(Encyclopedia)Berry, Martha McChesney, 1866–1942, American educator and philanthropist, b. near Rome, Ga., Ph.D. Univ. of Georgia, 1920. Determined to provide educational opportunities for underprivileged mountai...

Bitterroot Range

(Encyclopedia)Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mts., on the Idaho-Mont. line. The main range, running northwest-southeast, includes Trapper Peak (10,175 ft/3,101 m high); Mt. Garfield (10,961 ft/3,341 m), in an ...