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(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. ...Combin, Grand
(Encyclopedia)Combin, Grand gräN kôNbăNˈ [key], peak, 14,164 ft (4,317 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps, near the Italian border. ...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. ...Vignemale
(Encyclopedia)Vignemale vēnyəmälˈ [key], mountain, 10,820 ft (3,298 m) high, S France, on the Franco-Spanish border. It is the highest peak in the French Pyrenees. ...Springer Mountain
(Encyclopedia)Springer Mountain, 3,820 ft (1,164 m) high, N Ga. It is the southernmost peak of the Blue Ridge Mts. and the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. ...Shkhara
(Encyclopedia)Shkhara shŭkˈhərä [key], peak, c.17,064 ft (5,201 m) high, in the Greater Caucasus, SW of Nalchik and on the border between Georgia and Russia. ...Barre des Ecrins
(Encyclopedia)Barre des Ecrins bär dāzākrăNˈ [key], peak, 13,461 ft (4,103 m) high, in the Pelvoux group, SE France, tallest of the Dauphiné Alps. ...Musala
(Encyclopedia)Musala mo͞osäläˈ [key], mountain, 9,596 ft (2,925 m) high, SW Bulgaria. It is the highest peak of Bulgaria and of the Rhodope range. ...Phou Bia
(Encyclopedia)Phou Bia fo͞o byä [key], peak, 9,242 ft (2,817 m) high, in the Annamese Cordillera, N Laos. It is the highest point in Laos. ...Chomo Lhari
(Encyclopedia)Chomo Lhari chŏmŏlhŭˈrē, chōməlhäˈrē [key], peak, 23,997 ft (7,314 m) high, on the Bhutan-China border, in the Himalayas. It is sacred to the Tibetans. ...Browse by Subject
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