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(Encyclopedia) Aleutian Range, volcanic mountain chain, c.1,600 mi (2,600 km) long, SW Alaska, extending W from Anchorage along the Alaska Peninsula, and continuing, partly submerged as the Aleutian Islands, to Attu...

(Encyclopedia) Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly industrialized city in a fa...

(Encyclopedia) Point Pelee pēˈlē [key], peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, extending into W Lake Erie, S Ont., Canada, near Leamington. It is the southernmost part of the Canadian mainland. Point Pelee National Par...

(Encyclopedia) national grasslands: see National Forest System. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cairngorms kârngôrmzˈ, kârnˈgôrmz [key], group of mountains forming part of the Grampian Mts, in Highland, Moray, and Aberdeenshire, central Scotland, between the Dee and the upper Spey rivers; ...

(Encyclopedia) Old Faithful, geyser: see Yellowstone National Park. ...

(Encyclopedia) Rainier, Mount: see Mount Rainier National Park. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lassen Peak: see under Lassen Volcanic National Park. ...

(Encyclopedia) Salmon Wild River: see Kobuk Valley National Park. ...

(Encyclopedia) Novarupta, volcano, Alaska: see Katmai National Park and Preserve. ...