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Takht-i-Sulaiman

(Encyclopedia)Takht-i-Sulaiman, peaks: see Sulaiman Mountains. ...

Talas Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Talas Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Terskei Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Terskei Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Stara Planina

(Encyclopedia)Stara Planina, mountains: see Balkans, Bulgaria. ...

Maestra, Sierra

(Encyclopedia)Maestra, Sierra, mountains, Cuba: see Sierra Maestra. ...

Trans-Ili Alatau

(Encyclopedia)Trans-Ili Alatau, mountains, Asia: see Alatau. ...

Jasper National Park

(Encyclopedia)Jasper National Park, 4,200 sq mi (10,878 sq km), W Alta., Canada, in the Canadian Rocky Mts.; est. 1907. It is the second largest of the Canadian scenic national parks and contains many high peaks, g...

Miller, Alfred Jacob

(Encyclopedia)Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810–74, American artist, b. Baltimore, studied under Thomas Sully and in Europe. In 1837 he joined an expedition to the American West and was probably the first artist to depi...

Päijänne

(Encyclopedia)Päijänne păˈēyănˈnā [key], lake c.560 sq mi (1,450 sq km), S central Finland, stretching c.85 mi (130 km) from Lahti, the chief port, N to Jyväskylä. One of the largest lakes of the Finnish ...

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