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Mount Halcon (Filipino: Bundok Halcon) and (Spanish: Monte Halcón) is the highest mountain in Mindoro.According to the new data released by Oriental Mindoro peakvisor as of 2022, it has an elevation of 2,616 metres (8,583 ft) above sea level, higher than the previous estimates of 2,586 m (8,484 ft) although no official survey has yet confirmed this.
Hallasan (Korean: 한라산) is a shield volcano on Jeju Island in South Korea.Its summit, at 1,947 m (6,388 ft), is the highest point in the country. The area around the mountain is a designated national park, named Hallasan National Park.
These are low at the northern end, have a gap in the middle between Medina and Ta'if, and are higher at the southern end, where Mount Soudah in the Asir Mountains, at just over 3,000 m (10,000 ft) is the highest point in Saudi Arabia. [1] [2] Between these mountains and the Red Sea is a coastal plain known as Tihamah.
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Henry Snow Hall Jr. (3 June 1895 – 29 March 1987) was an American mountaineer and patron of the American Alpine Club. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was also a trustee of the Boston Museum of Science [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
This year marked the latest that snow has ever reappeared on Mount Fuji, an active volcano visible on a clear day from Tokyo. On Oct. 29, the 12,000-foot peak broke a 130-year-old record of snow ...
The Games returned to Mount Snow the following year. Mount Snow's Kelly Clark, bronze medalist of 2014 Olympic Women's half-pipe, [7] won the first American gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in women's half-pipe. She is a graduate of the Mount Snow Academy and the first athlete from Mount Snow to win an Olympic gold medal.
Above 11,000 ft (3,400 m), the highest forest zone is alpine, different from the forest not only in kind but in history and origin. Still higher, around 15,000 ft (4,600 m), cold, barren, windswept terrain and permanent snow and glaciers dominate. At around 17,500 ft (5,300 m), there is a large ice cap with several outlet glaciers.