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Backbone Mountain

(Encyclopedia) Backbone Mountain, peak, 3,360 ft (1,024 m) high, NW Md., in the Allegheny Mts.; highest elevation in the state.

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.

Table Mountain

(Encyclopedia) Table Mountain, 3,567 ft (1,087 m) high, Western Cape, South Africa. It overlooks Cape Town and Table Bay. The summit is flat, and the dense white mist that often covers it is called…

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 330,780 acres (133,860 hectares), N Calif., est. 2015. Jointly managed by Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, the monument extends…

Klamath, mountain range, United States

(Encyclopedia) Klamath, mountain range, part of Pacific Coast Ranges extending c.240 mi (368 km) from SW Oregon to NW California. The Klamath Mts. are part of numerous national forest and wildlife…

mountain ash, in botany

(Encyclopedia) mountain ash, name for any species of the genus Sorbus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), hardy ornamental trees and shrubs native to the Northern Hemisphere, not related to the…

Hor

(Encyclopedia) Hor, in the Bible, unlocated mountain, on the boundary of Edom, the place of Aaron's death. It was traditionally identified with Jabal Harun, a mountain in SW Jordan, but it does not…

Jaya Peak

(Encyclopedia) Jaya or Djaja PeakJaya or Djaja Peakboth: jäˈyə [key], highest mountain peak on Mt. Jayawijaya, in the Sudirman Mts., Papua prov., Indonesia, on W New Guinea, rising to 16,503 ft (5,…

Kanchenjunga

(Encyclopedia) Kanchenjunga,&sp;KanchanjangaKanchanjangaboth: känˌchənj&oobreve;ngˈgə, kănˈchĕnjŭngˈgə [key], or KinchinjungaKinchinjungakĭnˌchənj&oobreve;ngˈgə [key], mountain, on the…