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Snowdon (/ ˈ s n oʊ d ən /), or Yr Wyddfa (Welsh: [ər ˈʊɨ̞̯ðva] ⓘ), is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales.It has an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
In 1950, Percy Sloan, son of the Hudson River School artist Junius R. Sloan, acquired Mountain Landscape from the Art Institute and donated it to Valparaiso University as part of a larger bequest of 400 works. [2] In 2023, Mountain Landscape became the subject of a controversial proposal. Valparaiso University, facing financial pressures amidst ...
English Mountain, looking west from the Cocke County High School parking lot in Newport, Tennessee. English Mountain is a mountain located in the northeastern foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains region of East Tennessee. Rising to a peak of 3,629 feet, [1] [2] it is known for offering scenic fall colors within a convenient drive from ...
The highest peak of the table-top mountain is the Berchtesgaden Hochthron at 1,973 metres (6,473 ft). The landmark gained international fame as the "distinctive, lopsided peak" featured at the beginning and end of the 1965 movie The Sound of Music , [ 1 ] although the filming was done on the German side, not the Austrian side.
Moodtapes are a series of nature/relaxation videos and audio collectibles (DVD, LD, CD) produced, directed, and filmed by award winning producer and director Ron Roy. They were some of the first of the New Age nature documentary/music genre in the 1980s and 1990s along with Windham Hill and Narada Productions .
Annapurna I was the first 8,000-metre (26,200 ft) peak to be climbed. [11] Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, of the French Annapurna expedition led by Herzog (including Lionel Terray, Gaston Rébuffat, Marcel Ichac, Jean Couzy, Marcel Schatz, Jacques Oudot, Francis de Noyelle), reached the summit on 3 June 1950. [12]
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Also part of the loop is 42 miles (68 km) of US 71 between Alma and Fayetteville. [3] The US 71 segment allows travelers to go at their own pace through the area. There are many areas and a number of small towns to stop and explore along the US 71 segment as opposed to the bustling interstate segment that bypasses these areas and towns.