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(Encyclopedia) Ten Thousand Smokes, Valley of: see Katmai National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Steele, Mount, 16,624 ft (5,067 m) high, in the St. Elias Mts., SW Yukon, Canada, in Kluane National Park near the Alaska line; one of Canada's tallest peaks. ...

(Encyclopedia) Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) John Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kobuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tinayguk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...

(Encyclopedia) Ayers Rock, monolith, Australia: alternative name for Uluru. See Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park. ...

(Encyclopedia) Amherstburg, industrial town, S Ont., Canada, on the Detroit River. Fort Malden, built (1797–99) to replace a post lost when Detroit was ceded to the United States, is now within a natio...

(Encyclopedia) Kivu kēˈvo͞o, kēvo͞oˈ [key], region, c.89,000 sq mi (230,510 sq km), E Congo (Kinshasa). It borders on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika on the east. Kivu is divided into three provin...

(Encyclopedia) Channel Islands or Santa Barbara Islands sănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast from Point Conceptio...