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burning mountain
Volcano Vol*ca"no, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano, fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.] (Geol.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain. Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy (4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.), Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of subordinate craters.

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- Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 224 km (139 mi) north of Sydney just...
- The Burning Mountain is a 1983 alternate history novel by American writer Alfred Coppel. The key change in history in the novel is that the Trinity nuclear...
- persistent fires on Earth and can burn for thousands of years, like Burning Mountain in Australia. Coal-seam fires can be ignited by self-heating of low-temperature...
- René de Bréhant de Galinée in 1669 The Yanar Bulaq (burning springs) on Yanar Dag (Fire Mountain) This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct...
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- German for Burning Mountain. It refers to its glowing color, which is sometimes seen in the setting sun. The Damara name for the mountain is Dâures, which...
- The Mountain Fire is an active wildfire burning in Ventura County, Southern California. The fire has burned 20,630 acres (8,350 hectares) and caused multiple...
- people call them “yanardagh” (burning mountain), “pilpila” (terrace), “****nacha” (boiling water) and “bozdag” (grey mountain). Underground and submarine...
- seam-fueled eternal flame in Australia known as "Burning Mountain" is claimed to be the world's longest burning fire, at 6,000 years old. A coal mine fire in...
- The Brennender Berg (Burning Mountain) is a natural monument located in a deep and narrow gorge between Dudweiler and Sulzbach in Saarland, Germany. It...