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Mount Helicon (Ancient Greek: Ἑλικών; Greek: Ελικώνας) is a mountain in the region of Thespiai in Boeotia, Greece, [1] celebrated in Greek mythology.With an altitude of 1,749 metres (5,738 ft), it is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth.
Spectators sat on seats cut in the mountain slope. Only the first row, the prohedria, was marble. [3] The temple or altar of the Muses, dated in the 3rd century BC; a small rectangular building. After its abandonment the church of Ayia Triada was built upon the ancient foundations, which were revealed after the demolition of the church.
The encirclement parent is found by tracing the contour below peak A's key col and picking the highest mountain in that region. This is easier to determine than the prominence parent; however, it tends to give non-intuitive results for peaks with very low cols such as Jabal Shams which is #110 in the list.
There are at least 108 mountains on Earth with elevations of 7,200 m (23,600 ft; 4.5 mi) or greater above sea level. Of these, 14 are more than 8,000 m (26,000 ft; 5.0 mi). [1] The vast majority of these mountains are located on the edge of the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
Helicon (instrument), a brass musical instrument in the tuba family; Helicon Mountain, studio of Jools Holland; Helicon, a 1977 album by The Four Seasons; Helicon Records, a record label founded in Israel in 1985 "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1" and "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2", songs by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai
The usage Mount Ben Lomond is technically a redundancy since the prefix Ben – added to many Scottish mountains including Ben Lomond after which this mountain was named – actually means mount. That is why Scottish mountains whose names begin with Ben are never preceded by Mount. The USGS has it labeled as Ben Lomond on maps. [3]
Factory Butte is number 152 out of 294 ranked mountains (483 peaks) on list of highest Emery County peaks. [4] It is a 6,585 feet (2,007 m) summit, [ 5 ] about 23 miles (37 km) west-northwest of Hanksville and about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Capitol Reef National Park boundary, just north of the Emery– Wayne county line. [ 6 ]
Four Peaks (Yavapai: Wi:khoba [4]) is a prominent landmark on the eastern skyline of Phoenix.Part of the Mazatzal Mountains, it is located in the Four Peaks Wilderness [5] in the Tonto National Forest, 40 miles (64 km) east-northeast of Phoenix.