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Palomar Mountain
Palomar Mountain , peak, 6,126 ft (1,867 m) high, S Calif., NE of San Diego, in Cleveland National Forest. It is the site of the Palomar Observatory, operated by the California Institute of Technology. The Hale telescope there, completed in 1948 and named for its creator George E. Hale , was the... Read more |
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Cedar Mountain
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Mountain waves
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Black Mountain poets
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bristlecone pine
bristlecone pine common name for the pine species Pinus longaeva, found in the White Mountains of California. Specimens are known that are nearly 5,000 years old.... Read more |
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Mountain beaver
mountain beaver stout, short-limbed North American rodent , Aplodontia rufa, not closely related to the true beaver. Also called sewellel beaver after the Chinook word for a robe made from its pelts, it is among the most primitive of the rodents and the only living member of its family. The... Read more |
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Changbai
Changpai mountain range, China: see Changbai .... Read more |
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Sierra Nevada mountains
Sierra Nevada , mountain range, c.400 mi (640 km) long and from c.40 to 80 mi (60-130 km) wide, mostly in E Calif. It rises to 14,495 ft (4,418 m) in Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the United States outside Alaska. The mountains extend NW from Tehachapi Pass near Bakersfield, Calif., to the gap S... Read more |
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South Pass
SOUTH PASS SOUTH PASS, located in Wyoming at the southern end of the Wind River Mountains, gained noteriety because the emigrant trail to Oregon and California ran through it. There are claims that John Colter discovered the South Pass in 1807 or 1808, and that Robert Stuart and the returning... Read more |
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Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt , 1830-1902, American painter of Western scenery, b. Germany. After traveling and sketching throughout the mountains of Europe, he returned to the United States. He then journeyed (1859) to the West with a trail-making expedition. His immense canvases of the Rocky Mts. and the... Read more |
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