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Hwange

(Encyclopedia)Hwange wŏngˈkē [key], city (1992 est. pop. 42,600), W Zimbabwe. It is a coal-mining center. The city was founded in 1903 and named for a local chief. A nearby national park attracts many tourists. ...

Egmont, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Egmont, Mount târˌənäˈkē [key], dormant volcano, 8,260 ft (2,517 m) high, on North Island, New Zealand. Conical and snowcapped, it dominates the island's west side. ...

Aragats, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Aragats, Mount ələgyôsˈ [key], extinct volcano, 13,435 ft (4,095 m) high, N Armenia, in the Lesser Caucasus. It is the highest peak in Armenia. ...

Kirjath-arim

(Encyclopedia)Kirjath-arim –bāˈəl [key], alternative names of Kirjath-jearim. ...

Kirjath-sannah

(Encyclopedia)Kirjath-sannah –sēˈfəf [key], alternative names of Debir (2.) ...

Sisimiut

(Encyclopedia)Sisimiut hôlˈstānsbôrˌ [key], town (1996 pop. 5,117), Sisimiut dist., W Greenland. The second largest town in Greenland, it is a fishing center with a modern canning factory and several shipyards...

Peeblesshire

(Encyclopedia)Peeblesshire pēˈbəlz [key], former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Peeblesshire became (1975) part of the new Borders region (now the Scottish Borders council area). ...

Berwickshire

(Encyclopedia)Berwickshire bĕrˈĭk [key], former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Berwickshire became (1975) part of the new Borders region (now the Scottish Borders council area). ...

Beta Crucis

(Encyclopedia)Beta Crucis kro͞oˈsĭs [key]: see Mimosa, in astronomy. ...

Viso, Monte

(Encyclopedia)Viso, Monte mōnvēzˈō [key], peak, 12,602 ft (3,841 m) high, on the French-Italian border; highest of the Cottian Alps. The Po River rises there. ...