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West Point
(Encyclopedia)West Point, U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy. On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of Revolutionary forts guar...West Warwick
(Encyclopedia)West Warwick wôrˈwĭk, –ˈĭk [key], town (1990 pop. 29,268), Kent co., central R.I., on the Pawtuxet River; set off from Warwick and inc. 1913. Once important for textile manufacturing, it still ...Montauk Point
(Encyclopedia)Montauk Point mŏnˈtôkˌ [key], eastern extremity of the south peninsula of Long Island, SE N.Y. Approximately 115 mi (190 km) E of Manhattan, it is the easternmost point of the state. It has been t...West, Morris
(Encyclopedia)West, Morris (Morris Langlo West), 1916–99, Australian novelist, b. Melbourne. West's novels often reveal an interest in both Roman Catholicism and international politics, as reflected in his best-s...Crown Point
(Encyclopedia)Crown Point, town, Essex co., NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain. Crown Point is a summer resort on a historic site. A bridge there crosses the lake to Addison,...boiling point
(Encyclopedia)boiling point, temperature at which a substance changes its state from liquid to gas. A stricter definition of boiling point is the temperature at which the liquid and vapor (gas) phases of a substanc...Point Pelee
(Encyclopedia)Point Pelee pēˈlē [key], peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, extending into W Lake Erie, S Ont., Canada, near Leamington. It is the southernmost part of the Canadian mainland. Point Pelee National Par...Pelee, Point
(Encyclopedia)Pelee, Point: see Point Pelee, Ont., Canada. ...Arguello, Point
(Encyclopedia)Arguello, Point ärgwēlˈō [key], promontory, SW Calif., extending W into the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. navy missile-launching complex is nearby. ...East Point
(Encyclopedia)East Point, city (2020 pop. 34,879), Fulton co., NW Ga., an industrial suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1887. Textiles, machinery, chemicals, and paper are among...Browse by Subject
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