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Mountains and volcanoes around the world. |
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 | Wolf, the highest volcano of the Galápagos Islands, straddles the equator at the north end of the archipelago's largest island, Isabela. The 1710-m-high Volcán Wolf has steeper slopes than most other Isabela volcanoes, reaching angles up to 35 degrees. A 6 x 7 km caldera, at 700 m one of the deepest of the Galápagos Islands, is located at the volcano's summit. A prominent bench on the west side... |  | 10/27/2006 | 660 | 
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 | http://english.ysnp.gov.tw/
Yushan is the highest mountain in the eastern Asia. It's elevation is 3952m.
Yushan National Park is located in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. Centering around Jade Mountain Main Peak, the park covers a vast area of over 105,000 hectares spread out over the four counties of Nantou, Chiayi, Kaohsiung and Hualien. It is a typical subtropical mount... |  | 10/25/2006 | 349 |
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 | http://www.northguan-nsa.gov.tw/en/county6.php
Guanyinshan is a mountain on the west side of the Tan-shui River, Taipei. | | 10/25/2006 | 277 |
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 | http://www.ali.org.tw/en-index.php
The most famous national scenic area in Taiwan. | | 10/25/2006 | 305 |
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 | Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at Mount Fogo.
The volcano has been historically active, last erupting in 1995, forming a new crater called Pico Pequeno. Its largest feature is a 9 km wide caldera, which has walls 1 km high.... |  | 10/19/2006 | 594 |
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 | Mt. Kineo, situated beside Moosehead Lake in Maine, is in the heart of a vast primeval wilderness stretching to Canada. Kineo is a peninsula, comprising 1150 acres (4.7 km²), which extends from the easterly shore into the lake. Mt. Kineo, with 700 foot (213 meter) cliffs rising straight up from the water, is a dramatic setting that has attracted visitors for centuries.
Native Ame... | | 10/05/2006 | 485 |
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 | It is one of the largest batholiths (underground rock formation uncovered by erosion) in the United States. Located in central Texas, west of Austin. | | 09/29/2006 | 511 |
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 | The Qornet as Sawda ("Black Horn" in Arabic) is the highest peak of Mount Lebanon and of all the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the northern part of mount Lebanon,and at its west side it thrones over a huge cirque where the last millenial Lebanon cedars stand.
The summit isn't sheer, but it offers a huge panomaric view in all directions, and ev... |  | 09/25/2006 | 455 |
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 | Rock formation, that looks like Fingers..
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 | Volcán Bárcena, formed by eruptions during 1952-53, is the most prominent feature of Isla San Benedicto, the NE-most of the Revillagigedo Islands, 350 km south of the tip of Baja California. San Benedicto island, elongated in a NE-SW direction, contains a series of Pleistocene trachytic lava domes at the north end. The southern end of the 4.5-km-long island is formed by Bárcena and Montículo Ci... | | 09/11/2006 | 523 |
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 | View of the volcana from Lanzarote (belongs to Spain), on the left side the active Yaiza. |  | 08/29/2006 | 648 |
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 | Laacher Lake is an volcan in the Eifel, with a view to the campground |  | 08/27/2006 | 270 |
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 | The highest locations in all 50 states. With names of peak and elevation. | | 08/24/2006 | 618 |
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 | MANILA (XFN-ASIA) - Philippine authorities warned that a potentially devastating eruption of the rumbling Mayon volcano was 'imminent' and urged more evacuations from its lower slopes.
Materials thrown from the crater of the 2,460-meter mountain could threaten anyone within an eight-kilometer radius, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Th... |  | 08/06/2006 | 678 |
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 | Mount Thor is a mountain in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The mountain is the earth's greatest vertical drop at 1,250 metres (4,100 feet). | | 08/04/2006 | 577 |
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 | Sangumburi : The mountain it acts and it is a place which gets because of the volcano keeps at work | | 08/04/2006 | 282 |
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 | In this file you see the location of all important mountain huts in the alpine region (italy, france, austria, switzerland, germany) and some huts outside the alps. The labels show you the altitude above sea in meters.
made by gps-users and for gps-users (alpin-koordinaten.de) | | 08/03/2006 | 1,030 |
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 | Here is a list of active and non-active volcanos of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands | | 07/19/2006 | 466 |
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 | These are the mightiest rapids of the Torne river in sweden. They look like quite a challenge! | | 06/26/2006 | 825 |
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 | A female shaped mountain... | | 06/20/2006 | 212 |
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 | I found two craters (cones) in Nordest changtang. (Chinese province xinkiang).
Crater 1
Base altitude : 4780 m
Top altitude : 4877 m.
Base altitude : 4710 m
Top altitude : 4780 m.
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 | Piton des Neiges Elevation (feet): 10700
Elevation (meters): 3070
Piton des Neiges is the highest mountain on Reunion Island. The mountain is an old, eroded volcano, situated in the geologically older north central portion of the island. Three magnificent sheer-walled cirques surround the mountain, and its summit is often capped in snow. Many trails are maintained throughout the a... | | 06/10/2006 | 398 |
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 | Definitely one of the best and most useful files out there on volcanoes, this file has pictures and information on every single one of its 100+ volcanoes. Provided by the Smithsonian Institution, this is one great file. Trust me. | | 05/25/2006 | 2,330 |
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 | Having been there for real, I can testify that the view from this peak is simply breath-taking!
Kehrovouni Mt. - altitude 532 m. on the tiny Cycladic island of Tinos. Rotate 360 degrees and see everything around - the whole island, and about 12 surrounding islands!
And it's also worth visiting in reality, too | | 05/18/2006 | 429 |
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 | i found some orange mountion in queensland, australia. i wonder why they are orange | | 05/15/2006 | 250 |
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