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Tien Shan

(Encyclopedia) Tien Shan, mountain system: see Tian Shan.

Clingmans Dome

(Encyclopedia) Clingmans Dome, mountain, Tenn.: see Great Smoky Mountains.

Khingan, Great

(Encyclopedia) Khingan, Great, mountain range, China: see Hinggan Ling, Da.

Allingham, William

(Encyclopedia) Allingham, William, 1824–89, English poet, b. Donegal, Ireland. He is best known for his short lyrics, most notably “The Fairies,” beginning “Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen.”

Storm King

(Encyclopedia) Storm King, mountain, 1,355 ft (413 m) high, SE N.Y., on the west shore of the Hudson River near West Point. It is included in the Palisades Interstate Parks.

Fuji, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Fuji, MountFuji, Mountf&oomacr;ˈjē [key], FujiyamaFuji, Mountf&oomacr;ˌjēyäˈmä, f&oobreve;jēˈyämä [key], or Fuji-sanFuji, Mountf&oomacr;ˈjē-sän [key], volcanic peak, 12…

Williams, William Sherley

(Encyclopedia) Williams, William Sherley, 1787–1849, American trader and trapper, known as Old Bill Williams, b. Rutherford co., N.C. Much of his early life was spent in Missouri, where he was a…