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Kitzbühel

(Encyclopedia) KitzbühelKitzbühelkĭtsˈbüˌhəl [key], town (1991 pop. 6,238), in Tyrol prov., W Austria, in the Kitzbühel Alps. It is a famous winter sports and resort center and a summer health spa.…

Karatsu

(Encyclopedia) KaratsuKaratsukäräˈts&oomacr; [key], city (1990 pop. 79,207), Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Karatsu Bay. It is a summer resort and fishing port important historically as…

Montebello, village, Canada

(Encyclopedia) MontebelloMontebellomŏntĭbĕlˈō [key], village (1991 pop. 1,022), SW Que., Canada, on the Ottawa River NE of Ottawa. It is a summer resort in a lumbering and farming area. The political…

Bled

(Encyclopedia) BledBledblĕt [key], town, NW Slovenia. Situated in the Julian Alps and on the small Lake of Bled, it is a popular summer and winter resort town. In the vicinity are a medieval castle,…

Bomoseen, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Bomoseen, LakeBomoseen, Lakebōməsēnˈ [key], 7.5 mi (12 km) long, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide, W Vt., largest lake wholly within Vermont. Surrounded by wooded hills, it is a popular summer…

Berchtesgaden

(Encyclopedia) Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden bĕrkhˈtəsgäˌdən [key], town, Bavaria, SE Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. It…

Wildwood

(Encyclopedia) Wildwood, city (1990 pop. 4,484), Cape May co., SE N.J., on an island off Cape May; settled 1882, inc. as a city 1911. It has large commercial fisheries and is a popular summer seaside…

Scituate

(Encyclopedia) ScituateScituatesĭchˈ&oobreve;wāt, –wĭt [key], town (1990 pop. 16,786), Plymouth co., SE Mass., on the Atlantic coast about midway between Boston and Plymouth; settled c.1630, inc…

Skagen

(Encyclopedia) SkagenSkagenskäˈgən [key], city (1992 pop. 11,248), Nordjylland co., N Denmark, a port on Skagens Odde peninsula (the Skaw) at the northern end of Jylland and on the Kattegat. It has…