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Aleutian Range

(Encyclopedia)Aleutian Range, volcanic mountain chain, c.1,600 mi (2,600 km) long, SW Alaska, extending W from Anchorage along the Alaska Peninsula, and continuing, partly submerged as the Aleutian Islands, to Attu...

Dalton

(Encyclopedia)Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly industrialized city in a fa...

Point Pelee

(Encyclopedia)Point Pelee pēˈlē [key], peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, extending into W Lake Erie, S Ont., Canada, near Leamington. It is the southernmost part of the Canadian mainland. Point Pelee National Par...
 

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