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Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a 3516 m (11535 ft) peak located at co-ordinates in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is the tallest in the Premier Range, which is located just west of Valemount.
Mount Sonder Mount Sonder, or Rwetyepme, its Aboriginal name, is the second highest mountain in the Northern Territory, Australia at 1380 metres above sea level. Mount Zeil is the highest at 1531 metres, 27 kilometres to the west.
Mount Song Mount Song, known in Chinese as Song Shan (Simplified Chinese: 嵩山; Pinyin: Sōng Shān), is one of the Five Sacred Mountains of China and is located in Henan province on the south bank of the yellow river. Its summit is 1,500 meters above sea level.
Mount Speke Mount Speke lies in the Ruwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda, Africa and is the second highest peak in this range. Together with Mount Stanley and Mount Baker (Ruwenzoris), it forms a triangle enclosing the upper Bujuku Valley.
Mount Stanley Baldwin Mount Stanley Baldwin is a 3256 m (10682 ft) peak located at co-ordinates in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is located at the head of the Gilmour Glacier.
Mount Stinear Mount Stinear () is a prominent rock peak on a large massif rising to 1,950 m, standing just east of Mount Rymill at the junction of Fisher Glacier and Lambert Glacier in the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped from air photos taken by the RAAF Antarctic Flight in 1956, and first visited in October 1957 by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party led by Bruce H.
Mount Strathcona Mount Strathcona () is a mountain, 1,380 m high, rising above the continental ice on the west side of Denman Glacier, 11 miles south of Mount Barr Smith, in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, 1911-14, and named by him for Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada in 1911, a patron of the expedition.
Mount Stuart House Mount Stuart House on the east coast of the Isle of Bute, Scotland is a Neo-Gothic mansion with extensive gardens. It was developed from an earlier house by the 3rd Marquess of Bute and his architect, Sir Robert Rowand Anderson.
Mount Tauhara Mount Tauhara is a dormant stratovolcano, 3569 feet (1088 m) high, situated within the Taupo caldera towards the southern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. It is 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of the town of Taupo, next to the northeastern shore of Lake Taupo.
Mount Thullier Mount Thullier is the highest point in the Nicobar Islands, located in the Indian Ocean and bordering on the Andaman Sea. The mount is located on the island of Great Nicobar, measuring 642 m above mean sea level.
Mount Tolchin Mount Tolchin () is a mountain, 1,730 m, standing 5 miles southwest of Houk Spur at the southwest extremity of Mackin Table in southern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lt.
Mount Tom, Massachusetts Mount Tom is a village in the town of Easthampton, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located in a narrow strip of land between Mount Tom (the mountain) to the south, the Connecticut River to the east, and The Oxbow, an old channel of the Connecticut River, to the north.
Mount Torrens, South Australia Mount Torrens () is a town in the eastern Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 46 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 8 km east of Lobethal along the Onkaparinga River. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.
Mount Trident (Antarctica) Mount Trident () is a prominent peak (2,480 m) with three closely-spaced summits, rising above Trigon Bluff on the north side of Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. So named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, because of the three summits.
Mount Tuve Mount Tuve () is a mountain (935 m) whose summit rises above the ice surface just south of the base of Wirth Peninsula, Ellsworth Land. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Finn Ronne.
Mount Ulla, North Carolina The town of Mount Ulla is located in North Carolina, near Salisbury in the county of Rowan. It is a rather small town, marked mainly by its elementary and high school, and one by the old mill that was recently torn down.
Mount Ulmer Mount Ulmer () is a prominent peak (2,775 m) situated 2 miles north of Mount Washburn in the northern part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was discovered in his trans-Antarctic flight on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth who called it "Mount Mary Louise Ulmer", after his wife.
Mount Usborne Mount Usborne is a mountain on East Falkland Island; at 705m (2312 feet) above sea level, it is the highest point in the Falkland Islands. Mount Usborne is referenced by Charles Darwin in Chapter 9 of the Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle.
Mount vista estates Mount Vista Estates was the original home built by Charles Joseph Bonaparte in Baltimore County, Maryland. The original structure is still standing and listed on the list of historic buildings in Baltimore County.
Mount Vang Mount Vang () is an isolated mountain standing southward of George VI Sound and 80 miles east-southeast of Eklund Islands in southern Palmer Land. It was discovered by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41, during their sledge journey through George VI Sound, and resighted from the air on a flight of December 3, 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Ronne.
Mount Vernon (plantation) Mount Vernon, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George Washington. Built of wood in a neoclassical Georgian architectural style, the estate is located near Mount Vernon, Virginia in Fairfax County, on the banks of the Potomac River.
Mount Vernon Arsenal The Mount Vernon Arsenal was a United States Army munitions depot. It was located on the Mobile River three miles west of Fort Stoddert, approximately 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico near Mount Vernon, Alabama.
Mount Vernon Camp Mount Vernon Camp, also known as the Gurkha Cantonment, is an establishment of the Singapore Police Force built to house the training and residential facilities of the Gurkha Contingent's Gurkhas and their families. Located at Mount Vernon near to the secludedness of the Bidadari Cemetery, it has undergone expansion on the hilly terrain, particularly with the introduction of modern, high quality high-rise housing blocks for the over 2,000 officers and their families-in-tow.
Mount Vernon East (Metro-North station) The Mount Vernon East Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Mount Vernon, New York via the New Haven Line (not to be confused with Mount Vernon West on the Harlem Line). The station is the first station after the New Haven Line splits from the Harlem Line and is the only station on the line before it changes from third-rail power to overhead catenary power, which takes place between Mount Vernon East and Pelham station.
Mount Vernon, New South Wales Mount Vernon is a suburb located in the south east corner of the City of Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. Kemps Creek forms its northern and western boundary with Mamre Road providing a boundary on its west along with Kemps Creek.
Mount Victoria Tunnel The Mount Victoria Tunnel in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington is 623 metres (slightly more than a third of a mile) long and 5 metres (16.4 ft) in height, connecting Hataitai to the centre of Wellington and the suburb of Mount Victoria, under the mount of the same name.
Mount View High School (Maine) Mount View High School is a public high school located in Thorndike, Maine, United States. The school is a part of Maine School Administrative District 3, and serves students from the towns of Brooks, Freedom, Jackson, Knox, Liberty, Monroe, Montville, Thorndike, Troy, Unity and Waldo.
Mount View High School (West Virginia) Mount View High School in Welch, West Virginia was opened in 1978, when the consolidation of local area high schools (Welch, Gary, Northfork High School and Elkhorn) commenced. The school chose brown and gold for its colors, and went with a Knight as its mastcot.
Mount Vision fire The Mount Vision fire was a wildfire that burned for 4 days in October, 1995 on the Point Reyes peninsula in northern California. Over 12,000 acres (49 km²) were burned, mostly within the Point Reyes National Seashore, and 45 Inverness Park homes were destroyed.
Mount Wachusett Community College Mount Wachusett Community College is a two-year community college in Gardner, Massachusetts. It offers associate degrees as well as a transfer program for students to earn credits for transfer to other colleges.
Mount Waialeale Mount Waialeale (Hawaiian for "rippling waters"), elevation 5,148 ft (1,569 m), is the second highest point on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Averaging more than 460 inches (11,680 mm) of rain over the last 32 years, with a record 683 inches (17,340 mm) in 1982, its summit is considered one of the rainiest spots on earth.
Mount Ward (Antarctica) Mount Ward () is a mountain at the northeast end of Steeple Peaks, located south of Batterbee Mountains near George VI Sound in western Palmer Land. During a flight on December 23, 1947, by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947-48) a high peak was seen in the area south and east of Batterbee Mountains.
Mount Warning National Park Mount Warning National Park is a park in northern New South Wales (Australia), 642 km north of Sydney near the border with the state of Queensland. It surrounds Mount Warning, part of a remnant caldera of a much larger extinct volcano (the Tweed volcano).
Mount Washington Mount Washington is the name of several places and mountains in the United States and Mount Washington (British Columbia), Canada, (site of the Mount Washington Alpine Resort). The best known of these is Mount Washington (New Hampshire), the tallest mountain in the Northeastern United States and site of the highest land-recorded wind speed in the world.
Mount Washington (Cincinnati) Mount Washington is a diverse community on the east side of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is about ten minutes from Downtown via Columbia Parkway and Beechmont Avenue; or slightly longer via Eastern Avenue and Kellogg Avenue, to Salem Avenue and up Sutton Avenue or Beacon Street.
Mount Washington (Pittsburgh) Mount Washington is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's south city area. It has a zip code of 15211, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both the council members for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods) and District 2 (West Neighborhoods).
Mount Washington Alpine Resort Mount Washington Alpine Resort is an alpine skiing ski resort located on Mount Washington on the eastern edge of the Vancouver Island Ranges in British Columbia, Canada. The nearest community is the Comox Valley, a 3 - 3.
Mount Washington Road Race The Mount Washington Road Race is a 7.6 mile road running event that runs along a road going from the base of Mount Washington in New Hampshire to nearly the mountain's summit (located at 6288 ft above sea level).
Mount Washington State Forest Mount Washington State Forest is a scenic state forest in the southernmost Berkshires in southwestern Massachusetts. It has 30 miles of trails for hiking, as well as offering wilderness camping, fishing, horseback riding trails, and cross-country skiing.
Mount Washington State Park Mount Washington State Park is a 59 acre (240,000 m²) parcel perched on the summit of Mount Washington, the Northeast's highest peak. Amenities include cafeteria, restrooms, gift shops, the Mount Washington Observatory and its museum.
Mount Weaver Mount Weaver is a mountain standing 3 km west of Mount Wilbur at the head of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and ascended in December 1934 by members of the Byrd AE geological party under Quin Blackburn.
Mount Wideroe Mount Wideroe () is a large mountain rising to 3,180 m between Mount Walnum and Mount Nils Larsen in the Sor Rondane Mountains on the continent of Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers in 1946 from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named for Viggo Wideroe, airplane pilot of this expedition.
Mount Wilcox (Antarctica) Mount Wilcox () is a mountain with a sharp, rocky, triangular peak surmounting the southeast corner of Square Bay, 13 km (8 mi) east of Camp Point on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. The mountain was apparently first seen and roughly charted in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot.
Mount Wilson Toll Road The Mount Wilson Toll Road (1891-1936) is a historic roadway which ascended Mount Wilson (California) via a vehicular passable road from the base of the foothills in Altadena. It was accessible from Pasadena via Santa Anita Avenue which drove right to the front porch of the toll house.
Mount Wollaston Mount Wollaston, also known as Merrymount, is a neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA, the birthplace of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Today the neighborhood now known as Wollaston lies to the west of the neighborhood known as Merrymount, with North Quincy to the north and Quincy Center to the south
Mount Woollard Mount Woollard () is a mountain (2,675 m) nearly 240 km (150 mi) west of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party (1957-58), and named for George P.
Mount Zeil Mount Zeil (1,531 mAustralian place names - Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2007 / 5,023 ft), situated in the western MacDonnell Ranges, is the highest peak in Australia's Northern Territory, and the highest peak in Australia west of the Great Dividing Range (Eastern Highlands).
Mount Zogon Mount Zogon is the sister comic to Zogonia, published in Dungeon Magazine. Set in the same campaign world as Zogonia (which is called Zogonia), it is a following of the life of Galeena, a female druid who lives in a dungeon carved into Zogonia's highest mountain; Mount Zogon.
Mount Zuqualla Mount Zuqualla (also spelled Chukala) is an extinct volcano in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, located 30 kilometers south of Debre Zeyit. With a height of 2989 meters, it is known for its crater lake, which is considered holy to both Christian and pagan Ethiopians.
Mount's Bay Mount's Bay is a large sweeping bay on the English Channel coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, stretching from the Lizard Point to the eastern side of the Land's End peninsula. The sheltered waters have been used as a natural harbour since ancient times.
Mount&Blade Mount&Blade is a 3D, open-ended, single-player, third- or first-person, computer role-playing game in beta stage of development (currently at version .808), created and distributed by the Turkish development house TaleWorlds.
Mountain (band) Mountain is an American rock band, popular in the early 1970s. The band still tours and has a number of UK and US dates scheduled in 2006, and remain popular in hippie circles despite having fallen out of the mainstream.
Mountain Air Cargo Mountain Air Cargo is a cargo airline based in Denver, North Carolina, USA. It operates domestic and international cargo services as a contract carrier for FedEx, mainly in the eastern half of the USA, Canada and the Caribbean.
Mountain Apple Company The Mountain Apple Company is a record label based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi that specializes in traditional and contemporary music of Hawaiʻi, as well as other artists with a connection of Hawaiʻi. It was founded in 1974 by Jon de Mello, who remains its chief executive officer.
Mountain bike racing The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the sport of mountain bike racing relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the world championships in Purgatory, Colorado. The first mountain biking world cup series took place in 1991.
Mountain biking Mountain biking usually refers to the sport of riding bicycles possessing particular design characteristics, mountain bikes, off-road, although sometimes the term simply refers to riding a mountain bike, which can be done almost anywhere - bike trails and street riding are examples of mountain biking typically based in more urban locations. The sport requires endurance, bike handling skills and self-reliance.
Mountain boarding Mountain boarding, also known as dirtboarding, or all-terrain-boarding, is a new board sport, derived from snowboarding. It was originally intended to take the place of snowboarding during warm months while there was no snow available.
Mountain Beaver The Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a primitive rodent unrelated to beavers and not usually found in mountainous areas. It has several common names including Aplodontia, Sewellel, Boomer, Ground Bear, and Giant Mole.
Mountain climate Mountain climate (also highland climate) is something of a crude geographical term used for the kind of climate in the mountains and generally in the high country. It is often contrasted to the climate of the lowland area surrounding or near the same mountains.
Mountain Community Television Mountain Community Television Channel 15 (commonly known as MCTV 15) is a small public access television station based in Weed, California. The studios are located at College of the Siskiyous in Weed and the station is broadcast daily on Northland Cable Television's Mount Shasta area cable system on channel 15.
Mountain Dappled White The Mountain Dappled White (Euchloe simplonia) is as it name implies a butterfly found in the mountainous regions of Western Europe and Northern Africa. Its main foods are sinapis, isatis, athionema, iberis and biscutella species.
Mountain Dew LiveWire LiveWire is a brand of orange-flavored Mountain Dew produced and distributed by PepsiCo. It was originally available only for a limited time during the summer of 2003, although it was available in Chicago and other areas past that date.
Mountain Dew Southern 500 The Mountain Dew Southern 500, known traditionally as the Southern 500, was a 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup race held from 1950-2004 at Darlington Raceway. The first running in 1950, is notable as NASCAR's first 500 mile race, and the only race of such distance until the Daytona 500 debuted in 1959.
Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge The Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge (MDVC) is a series of free casual ski and snowboard races held on mountains throughout the northeast and west during each winter season, sponsored by Mountain Dew. Skiers and snowboarders are divided by gender and age group to compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in each category.
Mountain Education Centre of New Zealand The Mountain Education Centre of New Zealand (MECNZ) is a division of Tai Poutini Polytechnic, located in Wanaka, New Zealand. Courses are run in ski tuning and snowblasting training, as well as being the home of the Ski Patrol Programme.
Mountain Empire Community College Mountain Empire Community College is a two-year college located in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and is one of the 23 schools in the Virginia Community College System. The college serves residents of Dickenson, Lee, Scott, and Wise counties, as well as the City of Norton.
Mountain Equipment Co-op Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) is a Canadian collectively owned retail co-operative, selling outdoor gear and clothing. MEC is notable for not advertising, and donating a significant portion of its total sales to environmental projects and other causes.
Mountain Fork Mountain Fork, also known as the Mountain Fork of the Little River, is a tributary of the Little River, 95 mi (153 km) long, in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Little and Red Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Mountain goat The Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain Goat, is a large hoofed mammal found only in North America. Although it resembles a goat it is not a true goat, being in a different genus.
Mountain gun Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for use during mountain combat. They are similar to infantry support guns, and are generally capable of being broken down into smaller loads (for transport by horse, human, mule, tractor, and/or truck).
Mountain Giant Mountain Giants were norsk (Norse) Mythical creatures that took the appearance of humans but were much larger. They often resembled thor in their facial features and carried a large hammer, Similar to Cyclops in Greek Mythology.
Mountain Hardwear Mountain Hardwear, founded in 1993, is a California-based company that manufactures outdoor clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags, and tents. Columbia Sportswear purchased Mountain Hardwear in 2003 for a purchase price of $30 million in cash and $6 million in debt.
Mountain Holly Mountain Holly or Catberry (Ilex mucronata) is a species of holly native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Minnesota, and south to Maryland and West Virginia. It was formerly treated in its own monotypic genus as Nemopanthus mucronatus, but transferred to Ilex on molecular data (Powell et al.
Mountain Home, Tennessee Mountain Home, Tennessee, zip code 37684, is a separate postal zone consisting of the grounds of the Mountain Home VA hospital, which includes classrooms and administrative buildings of the medical school of East Tennessee State University. It is entirely contained inside the city of Johnson City, Tennessee.
Mountain Cheese Olympics The Mountain Cheese Olympics are a festival held in Appenzell, Switzerland, intended to promote the economic interests of mountain regions, focusing on cheese because "mountain cheese" is considered to have separate qualities from other kinds of cheese. Mountain cheeses are most often made from sheep or goat milk, and tend to be softer.
Mountain Chickadee The Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. Often, it is still placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds' relationships (Gill et al.
Mountain Island Lake Mountain Island Lake was created in 1924 to coincide with the building of Mountain Island Hydroelectric Station. Mountain Island lake is fed by the Catawba River, and is the smallest of the three man-made lakes that border Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Lake Norman, and Lake Wylie).
Mountain Island, North Carolina Mountain Island is a small island located in Mountain Island Lake (on the border of Gaston County, North Carolina and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina). Located on the extreme southern end of the lake, the island is mainly used as an anchor point for recreation, picnicing, and camping.
Mountain Jam "Mountain Jam" is a long, improvised jam song by the Allman Brothers Band off the Eat a Peach album. The song is based off a folk song by Donovan called "There Is A Mountain" and first appeared on his In Concert album and then later on Donovan's Greatest Hits.
Mountain Lake Park Mountain Lake Park is a San Francisco park in the Richmond neighborhood, located north of the intersection of Lake and Funston. Mountain Lake is a small body of water east of California State Route 1 (Park Presidio Boulevard) in San Francisco.
Mountain Lakes High School Mountain Lakes High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Mountain Lakes, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Mountain Lakes Schools.
Mountain Leader Training Cadre The Mountain Leader Training Cadre is a training element of the Royal Marines providing expertise in Mountain Warfare, cold weather survival and operations, and cliff assault. The cadre has a permanent staff of Mountain and Arctic Warfare instructors and trains Mountain Leaders for employment in the formations of the corps.
Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,016 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern Alabama, near Anniston, Alabama on the former site of Fort McClellan. It takes its name from some of the last remaining mountain longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests in the southeastern United States.
Mountain man The stereotypical mountain man was depicted as a loner dressed in animal pelts, sporting bushy facial hair and carrying a Hawken rifle and Bowie knife, commonly referred to as a "scalpin' knife." He is depicted wearing pelts and furs, although this is incorrect; for a more accurate depiction, look at the artwork of Alfred Jacob Miller.
Mountain Marathon Mountain Marathon is an extended form of fell running, usually over two days and often with a strong orienteering element. Competitors usually participate in teams of two, and have to carry their own food and tent.
Mountain Meadow Ranch Mountain Meadow Ranch, also known as MMR, is a family owned three-week summer camp for boys and girls aged 7-17, located near Susanville, CA on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 75 miles northwest of Reno, NV. It boasts one of the highest return rates of any camp, averaging at about 70% campers returning to come the next year.
Mountain Meadows massacre The Mountain Meadows massacre was a mass killing of emigrants, mostly from Arkansas, at Mountain Meadows, a stopover along the Old Spanish Trail in southwestern Utah, on Friday, September 11, 1857. Estimates of the number of men, women and children killed range from less than 100 to 140 individuals.
Mountain Nyala The Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni known in Ethiopian as Azagen) is an antelope found in high altitude woodland in a small part of central Ethiopia. Mountain Nyala were named for their similarity to the Nyala but they are now considered closer relatives of the Kudu.
Mountain of Flowers and Fruit Mountain of Flowers and Fruit a major area featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel Journey to the West. This mountain had been featured as the birthplace of Sun Wukong, the main character within the novel.
Mountain papaya The Mountain Papaya (Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis, syn. Carica pubescens; also known as mountain paw paw), is a species of the genus Vasconcellea, native to the Andes of northwestern South America from Colombia south to Bolivia, typically growing at altitudes of 1,500-3,000 m.
Mountain pass In a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range. On the route through the range, it is locally the highest point on the route.
Mountain Park, North Carolina Mountain Park is an unincorporated community located in the Bryan Township of western Surry County, North Carolina. The center of the community is the intersection of Mountain Park Road and Zephyr-Mountain Park Road.
Mountain Peacock-pheasant The Mountain Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron inopinatum also known as Rothschild's Peacock-pheasant or Mirror Pheasant is a medium-sized, up to 65cm long, blackish brown pheasant with small ocelli and long graduated tail feathers. Both sexes are similar.
Mountain Pine Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo) is a high altitude European pine, found in the Pyrenees, Alps, Erzgebirge, Carpathians, northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from (mostly) 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in the north of the range in Germany and Poland, and as high as 2,700 m in the south of the range in Bulgaria.
Mountain Province Mountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc and borders, clockwise from the south, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, and Isabela.
Mountain Quail The Mountain Quail, Oreortyx pictus, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits mountainous chapparal areas of the Pacific west of the United States and the Baja peninsula Mexico.
Mountain railways of India The mountain railways of India consist of: Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Kalka-Shimla Railway, and the Matheran Hill Railway. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, while the Nilgiri Mountain Railway was added as an extension to the site in 2005; concurrently, the name of the site was changed to Mountain Railways of India.
Mountain range (options) Mountain ranges are exotic options originally marketed by Société Générale in 1998. The options combine the characteristics of basket options and range options by basing the value of the option on several underlying assets, and by setting a time frame for the option.
Mountain ration The mountain ration is a United States army ration developed by the Quartermaster's Chicago Subsistence Research Laboratory during World War II for mountain troops (especially for "Alpine Troops", the 10th Mountain Division, and the First Special Service Force) from 1942 to early 1943. In order to make the rations suitable for high-altitude climates, the rations were originally designed to be easier to cook in mountain climates, contain 4800 calories, lighter than 40 ounces, have enough roughage to be capable of slow digestion, and packaged compactly.
Mountain rescue Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments. The difficult and remote nature of the terrain in which mountain rescue often occurs has resulted in the development of a number of specific pieces of equipment and techniques.

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