Geography Flashcards
Mount _____ is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond ______, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is located within Kluane National Park Reserve[
Mount Logan
also known as Citlaltépetl (from Nahuatl citlal(in) = star, and tepētl = mountain), is an inactive stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Mexico[ and the third highest in North America, after Denali of Alaska in the United States and Mount Logan of Canada. it is also the highest volcanic summit in North America. It rises 5,636 metres above sea level in the eastern end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, on the border between the states of Veracruz and Puebla.
Pico de Orizaba
Built between 548 and 565, it is the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world.
its backdrop the three mountains it lies near: Ras Sufsafeh (possibly the Biblical Mount Horeb, Jebel Arrenziyeb, and Mount Sinai (locally, Jebel Musa, by tradition identified with the biblical Mount ____
Saint Catherine’s Monastery named after Catherine of Alexandria
Mount Sinai
Sinai peninsula only part of egypt in asia
____ _____ she was a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, which made the first ascent of the mountain. She was the only journalist to accompany the expedition, climbing with the team to a camp at 22,000 feet, and using a prearranged code to send news of the successful ascent, which was announced in The Times on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation (2 June 1953)
Jan Morris - who was James Morris
Gautia, Cesta, Montale
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