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Mount Chimaera was the name of a place in ancient Lycia, notable for constantly burning fires. It is thought to be the area called Yanartaş in Turkey, where methane and other gases, such as hydrogen , [ 1 ] emerge from the rock and burn.
Denali in Alaska is the highest mountain peak of North America. Denali is the third most topographically prominent and third most topographically isolated summit on Earth after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of Alaska.
Highest point; Peak: Mount Redoubt: Elevation: 10,197 ft (3,108 m) [1] Coordinates: Dimensions; Length: 121 mi (195 km) N-S [2]: Width: 116 mi (187 km) East-West
In the Iliad, Homer tells the story of a fire-breathing monster called the Chimera, who was "in the fore part a lion, in the hinder a serpent, and in the midst a goat, breathing terrifying, blazing fire.” The place where she lived was called Mount Chimaera. [3]
Chimaera Ravine: Avlan valley. [12] Strabo says it is a ravine "extending up from the shore." Chimaera Mountain: Turkish Yanartaş. [12] Pliny speaks of an eternal flame, which turns out to be a steady stream of inflammable gas. Chlyda: Listed by Ptolemy as a coastal town Choma: Near Sarılar. [12] Ptolemy, Pliny, who says it is on the Aedesa ...
Found Between Russia And Alaska. Image credits: Silk Carnage #14 Old But Gold I Wonder Where This Kid Is Nowadays. Image credits: Elmo Antonio ... #34 Door Behind Mount Rushmore.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended search efforts for four people who were missing after the boat they were on capsized near Homer in south-central Alaska on Saturday. The missing were identified ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will rename Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, after William McKinley, the 25th U.S ...