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Menominee, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at…Vysokaya
(Encyclopedia) VysokayaVysokayavĭsôˈkäyä [key], mountain, c.1,235 ft (380 m) high, E European Russia, in the central Urals, NW of Nizhni Tagil. It has rich magnetite deposits, which have been mined…Parnassós
(Encyclopedia) ParnassósParnassóspärˌnäsôsˈ [key] or ParnassusParnassuspärnăˈsəs [key], mountain, c.8,060 ft (2,460 m) high, Phocis, central Greece. In ancient Greece it was sacred to Apollo,…Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival
(Encyclopedia) Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival, 1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber and explorer. He went on many mountain-climbing expeditions before 1953, when he and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were…Ashley, William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Ashley, William Henry, c.1778–1838, American fur trader and politician, b. Virginia. In 1820 he was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri. He sent fur-trading expeditions up the…Hermon, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Hermon, MountHermon, Mounthûrˈmən [key], Arabic Jabal Ash Shaykh [mountain of the chief] and Jebel-eth-Thelj [snowy mountain], on the Syria-Lebanon border. The highest of its three…Assassin
(Encyclopedia) AssassinAssassinəsăsˈĭn [key], European name for the member of a secret order of the Ismaili sect of Islam. They are known as Nizaris after Nizar ibn al-Mustansir, whom they supported…Gran Paradiso
(Encyclopedia) Gran ParadisoGran Paradisogrän 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…Guadalupe, Sierra de
(Encyclopedia) Guadalupe, Sierra deGuadalupe, Sierra desyārˈrä ᵺā gwäᵺäl&oomacr;ˈpā [key], mountain range, W Spain, in Extremadura, between the Tagus and Guadiana rivers. The highest elevation is…Collingwood
(Encyclopedia) Collingwood, town, S Ont., Canada at the south end of Georgian Bay, an arm of Lake Huron. Collingwood is a shipbuilding center and has…Trending
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