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- Mount Revelstoke National Park
Mount Revelstoke National Park, 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River valley; est. 1914. Situated on a high plateau, rising to c....
- National Parks and Monuments (table)
National Parks and Monuments1BFBattlefieldBPBattlefield ParkBSBattlefield SiteHPHistorical ParkHSHistoric SiteHTHistoric TrailISInternational Historic SiteLSLakeshoreMMMemorialMOMonumentMPMili...
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1,278 acres (518 hectares), SW S.Dak., in the Black Hills; est. 1925, dedicated 1927. There, carved on the face of the mountain and visible for 60 mi (97 km),...
- Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park, 48,419 acres (19,603 hectares), SE Maine, on the Atlantic coast; est. 1919. The park occupies a major portion of Mount Desert Island, Isle au Haut and several smaller isl...
- Steele, Mount
Steele, Mount, 16,624 ft (5,067 m) high, in the St. Elias Mts., SW Yukon, Canada, in Kluane National Park near the Alaska line; one of Canada's tallest peaks.
- Apo, Mount
Apo, Mount, active volcano, 9,690 ft (2,953 m) high, on S Mindanao island, the Philippines. It is the highest peak of the islands. Mt. Apo has a snowcapped appearance but is actually covered w...
- Logan, Mount
Logan, Mount [for Sir William Logan], 19,551 ft (5,959 m) high, in Kluane National Park, extreme SW Yukon, Canada, just E of Alaska; highest mountain in Canada and second highest in North Amer...
- Whitney, Mount
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 (Mt. McKinley, Alask...
- Fuji, Mount
Fuji, Mount, Fujiyama, or Fuji-san, volcanic peak, 12,389 ft (3,776 m) high, central Honshu, Japan, in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (472 sq mi/1,222 sq km; est. 1936). The highest mountain in...
- McKinley, Mount
McKinley, Mount, peak, 20,320 ft (6,194 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the mountain and feed numerous...
