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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Cotopaxi
(Encyclopedia) CotopaxiCotopaxikōtōpăkˈsē [key], active volcano, 19,347 ft (5,897 m) high, N central Ecuador. A symmetrical snowcapped cone in the Andes, it is one of the highest volcanoes in the…Capulin Volcano National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Capulin Volcano National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Apo, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Apo, MountApo, Mountäˈpō [key], active volcano, 9,690 ft (2,953 m) high, on S Mindanao island, the Philippines. It is the highest peak of the islands. Mt. Apo has a snowcapped…Kazbek, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Kazbek, MountKazbek, Mountkŏzbĕkˈ, Rus. kəzbyĕkˈ [key], peak, 16,541 ft (5,042 m) high, N Georgia, in the Greater Caucasus. An extinct volcano, it rises above the Daryal gorge and the…Egmont, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Egmont, MountEgmont, Mountĕˈmŏnt [key], or TaranakiEgmont, Mounttârˌənäˈkē [key], dormant volcano, 8,260 ft (2,517 m) high, on North Island, New Zealand. Conical and snowcapped, it…Anatahan
(Encyclopedia) Anatahan, uninhabited volcanic island, 12.5 sq mi (32 sq km), Saipan dist., Northern Mariana Islands, in the W Pacific Ocean some 85 mi (140 km) N of Saipan. The island is dominated by…Aragats, Mount
(Encyclopedia) Aragats, MountAragats, Mountărəgătsˈ, Rus. ərəgätsˈ [key] or Mount AlagezMount Alagezələgyôsˈ [key], extinct volcano, 13,435 ft (4,095 m) high, N Armenia, in the Lesser Caucasus. It is…Latacunga
(Encyclopedia) LatacungaLatacungalätäk&oomacr;ngˈgä [key], city (1990 pop. 39,882), capital of Cotopaxi prov., N central Ecuador. A town of the ancient Incas, it is in a high mountain basin…Alaska Range
(Encyclopedia) Alaska Range, S central Alaska, rising to the highest mountain in North America, Denali (Mt. McKinley; 20,310 ft/6,190 m). The range divides S central Alaska from the great plateau of…Trending
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