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Trikora Peak

(Encyclopedia)Trikora Peak, 15,518 ft (4,730 m) high, in the Jayawijaya Mts., Papua prov., Indonesia, the third highest peak in Indonesia. The snow-covered peak was formerly called Mt. Wilhelmina. ...

Whitney, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Whitney, Mount, peak, 14,494 ft (4,418 m) high, E Calif., in the Sierra Nevada at the eastern border of Sequoia National Park; the highest peak in the contiguous 48 states (Denali [Mt. McKinley], Alas...

Lassen Peak

(Encyclopedia)Lassen Peak: see under Lassen Volcanic National Park. ...

Kaufmann Peak

(Encyclopedia)Kaufmann Peak: see Lenin Peak, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. ...

Kings Peak

(Encyclopedia)Kings Peak, Utah: see Uinta Mountains. ...

Kitt Peak

(Encyclopedia)Kitt Peak, 6,875 ft (2,095 m) high, on the Papago reservation in the Quinlan Mts., S Ariz., SW of Tucson. It is the site of Kitt Peak National Observatory. ...

Longs Peak

(Encyclopedia)Longs Peak [for Stephen H. Long], 14,255 ft (4,345 m) high, N Colo., in the Front Range of the Rocky Mts. From the east side of its snowcapped peak there is a 2,000 ft (610 m) drop to Chasm Lake. It i...

Harney Peak

(Encyclopedia)Harney Peak, S.Dak.: see Black Hills. ...

Pobeda Peak

(Encyclopedia)Pobeda Peak, Kyrgyzstan-China: see Tian Shan. ...

Djaja Peak

(Encyclopedia)Djaja Peak, Indonesia: see Jaya Peak. ...
 

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