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(Encyclopedia) Buxton, town, Derbyshire, central England, on the Wye River in Peak District National Park. It is c.1,000 ft (305 m) high; the “old town” is on a hi...

(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. ...

(Encyclopedia) Cinto, Monte mônˈtā chēnˈtō [key], peak, 8,891 ft (2,710 m) high, NW Corsica, France, NW of Corte. It is the highest point on Corsica. ...

(Encyclopedia) Flinders Ranges, mountain chain, extending 260 mi (418 km) between Lake Torrens and Lake Frome, South Australia state, Australia; rises to 3,900 ft (1,189 m) at St. Mary's Peak. Uranium and copper are...

(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. ...

(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. ...

(Encyclopedia) Hkakabo Razi käˈkäbō räˈzē [key], peak, 19,296 ft (5,881 m) high, N Myanmar, on an outlier of the Himalayan system. It is the highest point in Myanmar. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kerinci, Mount, or Mount Kerintji both: kərĭnˈchē [key], peak, 12,467 ft (3,800 m) high, in the Pegunungan Barisan, W central Sumatra, Indonesia. It is Sumatra's highest point. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Mount, peak, 5,710 ft (1,740 m) high, S Calif., in the San Gabriel Mts., NE of Pasadena. It is the site of Mt. Wilson Observatory (est. 1904), one of the Hale Observatories. A 100-in. (254-cm)...

(Encyclopedia) Pulog, Mount po͞oˈlōg [key], peak, 9,606 ft (2,928 m) high, NW Luzon, the Philippines, in the Cordillera Central. It is the second highest point in the Philippines. ...