Mount Aragats
Mount Aragats or Mount Alagez , extinct volcano, 13,435 ft (4,095 m) high, N Armenia, in the Lesser Caucasus. It is the highest peak in Armenia.
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Capturing a piece of desert with a gentle C-shape. (1991-1992 Western Home Awards)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 10/1/1991; 229 words
; WITH A SWEEPING panorama of the Sonoran Desert below and an extinct volcano looming unobstructed behind the site, views were top priority in this house for an empty-nester couple. But the architect gave...
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OAP aims to raise a mountain of cash.
Newspaper article from: Derbyshire Times (Chesterfield, England); 2/1/2007; 193 words
; Mounting a charity expedition to climb an extinct volcano may not be on everyone's wish list - but for a Chesterfield pensioner it's a dream come true. Superfit Joanne Webster (67) is embarking...
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Tanzanite named December's birthstone. (Gems).
Magazine article from: African Business; 1/1/2003; 105 words
; ...the first time the list has been amended since 1912. Tanzanite is unique to a region in the foothills of Tanzania's famous extinct volcano, Mount Kilimanjaro. Exclusive tanzanite mining rights are held by South Africa's African Gem Resources (Afgem), the marketing...
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Calypso, Twilight.(Poem)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 9/22/2000; ; 406 words
; ...stallion, having learned my braille of leg and hand, carries me without flinching at the wind. His back has softened, an extinct volcano, and my hips hold me there, settled by something I no longer try to name. I am past the years for bearing. My skin turns...
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David heads for new heights.
Newspaper article from: Driffield Times (Driffield, England); 6/25/2007; 169 words
; ...climbs, his efforts on this occasion will raise money for the Driffield and District Talking Newspaper. The Puy de Dome is an extinct volcano and is part of the legendary Tour de France route within the Massif Central region of France. The mountain rises 3,435 feet...
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Honolulu's renovated Punchbowl. (Honolulu's National Memorial Cemetery)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 6/1/1991; 345 words
; ...Punchbowl It is surely, one of the most beautiful final resting places in the world. High above the Pacific, in the crater of an extinct volcano, row on row of granite grave markers march across the seamless green lawn. Trade winds unfurl the American flag and stir...
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Climbing Kilimanjaro when you are blind ...: Kilima Njaro means "shining mountain" in K-Swahili, the native language in Tanzania.
Magazine article from: Earth Focus One Planet-One Community; 9/22/2006; ; 312 words
; The Mountain, 5,895 meters (19,340 feet) Kilimanjaro, located near the Kenya-Tanzania border, is an extinct volcano that is one of the most massive of its kind. With its summit, Uhuru Peak, on a crater rim called Kibo you can get a spectacular...
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Veteran duathletes fulfil Euro Championships goal.
Newspaper article from: Spalding Guardian & Lincs Free Press (Spalding, England); 6/20/2007; 373 words
; ...Saturday. After running a hard 10km, athletes had to tackle a very demanding and technical bike climb up Arthur's Seat (extinct volcano) four times in rain and strong winds, then finish off with another tough multi-terrain 5km run. There were a few bike incidents...
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MINING THE SACRED MOUNTAINS.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: E; 1/1/2000; ; 413 words
; To the Navajo, the extinct volcano marking the western pillar of their sprawling reservation is called Diichiti, the Mountain of Strength. It is sacred ground to...
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Time travel in montclair: Explore an extinct volcano, sip an old-fashioned malt. (day trip).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 1/1/2002; ; 369 words
; The East Bay may seem an unlikely place to find ancient volcanic remains. But believe it or not, one of the highest peaks in the Berkeley-Oakland Hills, Round Top, was formed from the remnants of a 10-million-year-old volcano, the largest of four that existed in the region. Now part of the Robert
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Mount Alagez
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
see Aragats, Mount , Armenia.
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Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...Observatory The observatory of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, founded in 1946 by V. A. Ambartsumian . It is located at Mount Aragats near Yerevan, Armenia, at an altitude of 1500 m. Its main instruments are a 2.6-m reflector opened in 1976...
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Armenia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...500 square miles) Highest point on mainland : Mt. Aragats (4,095 meters/13,425 feet) Lowest point on land...Armenia Plateau; included in one of these ranges is Mount Aragats (Aragats Lerr), which at 4,095 meters (13,425 feet) is the...
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Armenia and Armenians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...volcanic peaks throughout the plateau. The larger peaks of Mount Ararat (16,946 feet; 5,279 meters), Mount Sipan (14,540 feet; 4,432 meters), and Mount Aragats (13,410 feet; 4,087 meters), and the smaller peaks of Mount Ararat (12,839 feet; 3,913 meters), and Mount Bingol (10...
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