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Denali

(Encyclopedia)Denali, formerly Mount McKinley, peak, 20,310 ft (6,190 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the mountain and feed ...

Dykh-Tau

(Encyclopedia)Dykh-Tau dĭkhˈ-touˈ [key], peak, c.17,000 ft (5,180 m) high, SE European Russia, in the central Greater Caucasus. ...

Glittertinden

(Encyclopedia)Glittertinden glĭtˈtərtĭnˌən [key], peak, 8,104 ft (2,470 m) high, S central Norway, in the Jotunheimen Mts. It is the highest point in Scandinavia. ...

Julian Alps

(Encyclopedia)Julian Alps, mountain range, NE Italy and NW Slovenia, between the Carnic Alps and the Dinaric Alps, rising to 9,396 ft (2,864 m) in Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. The forested, glacier-scoure...

Bighorn Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Bighorn Mountains, range of the Rocky Mts., N central Wyo., extending c.120 mi (190 km) N into S Montana, E of the Bighorn River. Cloud Peak, 13,165 ft (4,013 m), is the highest point. The glaciated m...

Wetterhorn

(Encyclopedia)Wetterhorn vĕtˈərhôrnˌ [key], peak, c.12,150 ft (3,700 m) high, Bern canton, S central Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps N of the Finsteraarhorn. ...

Moldoveanu

(Encyclopedia)Moldoveanu môldôvyäˈno͞o [key], peak, 8,343 ft (2,543 m) high, central Romania, NW of Cîmpulung in the Transylvanian Alps; highest point in Romania. ...

Inthanon

(Encyclopedia)Inthanon ĭnˈtənônˌ [key], peak, 8,451 ft (2,576 m), in the Thanon Tong Chai range, NW Thailand. It is the highest point in Thailand. ...

Koshtan-Tau

(Encyclopedia)Koshtan-Tau kəshtänˌ-touˈ, kôshˌtän– [key], peak, c.16,880 ft (5,150 m) high, Kabardino-Balkar Republic, S European Russia, in the central Greater Caucasus. ...

Cheaha

(Encyclopedia)Cheaha chēˈhô [key], peak, 2,407 ft (734 m) high, E Ala., in the Talladega Mts.; highest point in Alabama. It is included in Talladega National Forest. ...
 

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