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Croagh Patrick

(Encyclopedia)Croagh Patrick krōˈäpătˈrĭk, krōˈäkh– [key], mountain, 2,510 ft (765 m) high, Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, near Westport Bay. Legend connects it with St. Patrick, and its summit has lon...

Gran Paradiso

(Encyclopedia)Gran Paradiso grän pärädēˈzō [key], mountain, 13,323 ft (4,061 m) high, in Valle d'Aosta, NW Italy. In the Graian Alps, it is the highest Alpine peak entirely in Italian territory. ...

troll

(Encyclopedia)troll trōl [key], in Scandinavian folklore, dwarfish or gigantic creature of caves and hills. Variously friendly or malicious, trolls toiled as smiths. The mountain king in Ibsen's Peer Gynt is a tro...

Guadalupe, Sierra de

(Encyclopedia)Guadalupe, Sierra de syārˈrä ᵺā gwäᵺälo͞oˈpā [key], mountain range, W Spain, in Extremadura, between the Tagus and Guadiana rivers. The highest elevation is 4,734 ft (1,443 m). ...

gorilla

(Encyclopedia)gorilla, an ape, genus Gorilla, native to the lowland and mountain forests of western and central equatorial Africa. The two gorilla species are the western, comprising the western lowland (G. gorilla...

zebra

(Encyclopedia)zebra, herbivorous hoofed African mammal of the genus Equus, which also includes the horse and the ass. It is distinguished by its striking pattern of black or dark brown stripes alternating with whit...

Nuuanu Pali

(Encyclopedia)Nuuanu Pali no͞o–äˈno͞o päˈlē [key], sheer cliff and mountain pass, alt. 1,200 ft (366 m), Koolau Range, SE Oahu island, Hawaii. The pass is the principal route between Honolulu and E Oahu. ...

Arrow Lakes

(Encyclopedia)Arrow Lakes, two expansions of the Columbia River, S British Columbia, Canada. Both lie in narrow valleys bounded by mountain ranges and are noted for their beauty. Upper Arrow Lake has an area of 88 ...

Illimani

(Encyclopedia)Illimani ēyēmäˈnē [key], mountain, 21,184 ft (6,457 m) high, E Bolivia. One of the highest peaks of the Cordillera Real of the Bolivian Andes, it is permanently snowcapped. Illimani was first cli...

Transantarctic Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Transantarctic Mountains, mountain chain stretching across Antarctica from Victoria Land to Coats Land; separating the E Antarctic and W Antarctic subcontinents. Mt. Markham (14,275 ft/4,351 m high), ...