"Adam's Peak Adam's Peak is a tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the Sri Pada, i.e., ""sacred footprint"", a rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas. The mountain is located in the southern reaches of the Central Highlands in the Ratnapura District and Nuwara Eliya district of the Sabaragamuwa Province and Central Province —lying about 40 km northeast of the city of"
"Mount Adam, Falkland Islands Mount Adam (Spanish: ""Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort"") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands. It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is of similar height to Mount Usborne on East Falkland. Its summit is at . It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South. As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The handful"
"of mountains over 2,000 feet (610 m) have: Mount Adam, Falkland Islands Mount Adam (Spanish: ""Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort"") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands. It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is of similar height to Mount Usborne on East Falkland. Its summit is at . It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South. As one of the highest mountains of"
"Adams Island (Nunavut) Adams Island (Inuit: ""Tuujjuk"") is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Nearby are Dexterity Island (northeast), Dexterity Fiord and Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), Bergesen Island (northwest), and Isbjorn Strait (north). Adams Island is irregularly shaped, its eastern and western sides split by the Ratcliffe Arm. Coastlines slope sharply while the interior mountains are over in height. The island comprises an area of , measuring in length and to in"
"Adam's Peak, where Adam supposedly fell to earth and describes Adam as crossing from Sri Lanka to India on what became known as Adam's Bridge. The bridge starts as a chain of shoals from the Dhanushkodi tip of India's Pamban Island and ends at Sri Lanka's Mannar Island. Pamban Island is semi-connected to the Indian mainland by 2 km long Pamban Bridge. Mannar Island is connected to mainland Sri Lanka by a causeway. The border between India and Sri Lanka is said to pass across one of the shoals constituting one of the shortest land borders in the world. Ramasetu"
"of mountains and plateaus by broad valleys, lies the Knuckles Massif: steep escarpments, deep gorges, and peaks rising to more than 1,800 meters. South of Adam's Peak lie the parallel ridges of the Rakwana Hills, with several peaks over 1,400 meters. The land descends from the Central Highlands to a series of escarpments and ledges at 400 to 500 meters above sea level before sloping down toward the coastal plains. Most of the island's surface consists of plains between 30 and 200 meters above sea level. In the southwest, ridges and valleys rise gradually to merge with the Central Highlands,"
"surveyed by British Antarctic Survey in 1975-76. Named after Alec Edward Simon, British Antarctic Survey aircraft mechanic, who worked on nearby Adelaide Island during the summers of years 1972 to 1976. Simon Peak (Antarctica) Simon Peak () is a mountain rising to about 1,000 m on the west side of the Havre Mountains, situated in the northwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peak lies northeast of Umber Island, an island situated in Lazarev Bay off the west coast of Alexander Island. It is situated 9.9 km east-southeast of Buneva Point, 6.4 km northeast of Kamhi Point, 14.65 km west"
"Adams Island, New Zealand Adams Island is the second largest island of New Zealand's Auckland Islands archipelago. The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates it from the roughly triangular Adams Island (area approximately ), which is even more mountainous, reaching a height of at Mount Dick. The channel is the remnant of the crater of an extinct volcano, with Adams Island, and the southern part of Auckland Island forming the crater rim. Two large indentations, Bolton's Bay and Fly Harbour, are the most"
"Adam Rock Adam Rock (he: סלע אדם – ""Sela Adam""; ar: حجر آدم) or Adam Island (he: אי אדם – Ie Adam; ar: جزيرة آدم) is a tiny Israeli island about half a kilometer west of Bat Yam. A smaller rock (island) is located 10 m west of Adam Rock. Adam Rock is a protrusion in an abrasion platform, a remnant of an ancient kurkar ridge. This ridge was uneven destroyed in a process of grinding and erosion called abrasion. The beach opposite the island is known as Rock Beach, after the tiny island opposite the beach. Until the breakwaters"
"Simon Peak (Antarctica) Simon Peak () is a mountain rising to about 1,000 m on the west side of the Havre Mountains, situated in the northwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peak lies northeast of Umber Island, an island situated in Lazarev Bay off the west coast of Alexander Island. It is situated 9.9 km east-southeast of Buneva Point, 6.4 km northeast of Kamhi Point, 14.65 km west of Mount Pontida and 6.15 km north-northeast of Gazey Nunatak, and surmounts Pipkov Glacier to the north and Oselna Glacier to the southwest. Possibly sighted by FAE, 1908–10, in January 1909;"
"width. Another, much smaller, Adams Island is located off the northeastern tip of Baffin Island. Adams Island (Nunavut) Adams Island (Inuit: ""Tuujjuk"") is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Nearby are Dexterity Island (northeast), Dexterity Fiord and Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), Bergesen Island (northwest), and Isbjorn Strait (north). Adams Island is irregularly shaped, its eastern and western sides split by the Ratcliffe Arm. Coastlines slope sharply while the interior mountains are over"
"Adam's Bridge Adam's Bridge (; Sinhala: ""adamgay palama""), also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (, Sanskrit: ), is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka. The bridge is long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (south-west) from the Palk Bay (northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is very shallow, being only"
"Diana's Peak Diana's Peak is the highest point, at , on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is of volcanic origin. Mountain and its surroundings with a total area of 81 ha were proclaimed a national park in March 1996, the first on the island. It is covered in tree fern thicket. The peak is located at the tripoint where the districts Sandy Bay (southwest), Levelwood (east) and Longwood (north) meet. The closest settlements are Bamboo Hedge (the main settlement of Sandy Bay District), Hutt's Gate (in Longwood District) and Levelwood"
"Anvil Peak Anvil Peak is a cone volcano located in Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States. The volcano was originally named in 1951, on a map by the United States Geological Survey. Its name was taken after a plateau located on the northern side of the volcano's main summit, taking the appearance of an anvil. Anvil Peak is located on Semisopochnoi Island, in the Rat Islands of the western Aleutian Islands. It is one of the seven hills with a summit crater on the island. It is the highest point on the island as well as the highest point on all"
"on the island are named for characters in the book. Mount Arronax Mount Arronax () is an ice-covered, pointed peak, 1,585 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Nautilus Head and dominating the north part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Black Pass runs northeast–southwest, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Arronax. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. It was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Professor Pierre Arronax, the central character in Jules Verne's"
"the northeastern shore of the island and are a part of the Arctic Cordillera. Mount Odin is the highest peak, with an elevation of at least , although some sources say . Another peak of note is Mount Asgard, located in Auyuittuq National Park, with an elevation of . Mount Thor, with an elevation of , is said to have the greatest purely vertical drop of any mountain on Earth, at . The two largest lakes on the island lie in the south-central part of the island: Nettilling Lake () and Amadjuak Lake () further south. The Barnes Ice Cap,"
"Antim Peak Antim Peak (, ‘Vrah Antim’ \'vr&h an-'tim\) () is the ice-covered peak rising to 2080 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 2.25 km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit Mount Foster and Evlogi Peak respectively, 5.4 km south-southwest of Mount Pisgah, 16 km southwest of Cape Smith, and 16 km northeast of Cape James. The peak surmounts Chuprene Glacier to the west and northwest, Krivodol Glacier to the northeast and east, and Pashuk Glacier to the southeast. Precipitous and partly ice-free southeast slopes. Confirmed to be a separate peak"
"Lamina Peak Lamina Peak () is a prominent pyramid-shaped peak, high, surmounting a stratified ridge which curves down from Mount Edred northeastward toward George VI Sound. The peak stands inland from the east coast of Alexander Island near the southern limit of the Douglas Range. It was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and was so named by the FIDS because of the"
"marked horizontal stratification of the rocks of this peak. Lamina Peak Lamina Peak () is a prominent pyramid-shaped peak, high, surmounting a stratified ridge which curves down from Mount Edred northeastward toward George VI Sound. The peak stands inland from the east coast of Alexander Island near the southern limit of the Douglas Range. It was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and"
"shingle beaches at the northernmost point, the Point of Ayre. The island has one mountain higher than , Snaefell, with a height of . According to an old saying, from the summit one can see six kingdoms: those of Mann, Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, and Heaven. Some versions add a seventh kingdom, that of the sea, or Neptune. At the 2016 census, the Isle of Man was home to 83,314 people, of whom 26,997 resided in the island's capital, Douglas and 9,128 in the adjoining village of Onchan. The population decreased by 1.4% between the 2011 and 2016 censuses. By"
"Amak Island Amak Island () is an uninhabited island in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. The island lies north of the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and northwest of the mainland city of Cold Bay. The island's land area is and its maximum elevation is . The island's volcano, Mount Amak, last erupted in 1796. The local population of the song sparrow was last seen on the island around New Year's Eve, 1980/1981, and has not been seen since; devegetation of the island played a part in its demise. These birds were formerly considered a separate subspecies, ""Melospiza"
"world's 12th-largest island. It is divided along its length by the Southern Alps, the highest peak of which is Aoraki/Mount Cook at 3,724 metres (12,218 ft), making it 9th-highest island, with the high Kaikoura Ranges to the northeast. There are eighteen peaks of more than 3000 metres (9800 ft) in the South Island. The east side of the island is home to the Canterbury Plains while the West Coast is famous for its rough coastlines such as Fiordland, very high proportion of native bush, and Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. The dramatic landscape of the South Island has made it"
"Village. Diana's Peak Diana's Peak is the highest point, at , on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is of volcanic origin. Mountain and its surroundings with a total area of 81 ha were proclaimed a national park in March 1996, the first on the island. It is covered in tree fern thicket. The peak is located at the tripoint where the districts Sandy Bay (southwest), Levelwood (east) and Longwood (north) meet. The closest settlements are Bamboo Hedge (the main settlement of Sandy Bay District), Hutt's Gate (in Longwood District) and"
"Adams Seamount Adams Seamount is a submarine volcano above the Pitcairn hotspot in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Pitcairn Island. Adams is part of a field of about 90 seamounts east-southeast away from Pitcairn Island, and the largest of these. Adams lies southeast of another large seamount, Bounty Seamount. Most of these seamounts except for Adams and Bounty are less than high. They were discovered in 1989 by the RV Sonne research ship. It is a conical seamount rising from the sea floor to about below the surface of the ocean. The total volume of the seamount, whose"
"Ambrym Ambrym is a volcanic island in Malampa Province in the archipelago of Vanuatu. Volcanic activity on the island includes lava lakes in two craters near the summit. Ambrym (aka ""Ambrin"") was allegedly named by Captain Cook, who is said to have anchored off there in 1774.(""""ham rim"""" in the Ranon language). In fact, his expedition never touched Ambrym. Located near the center of the long Vanuatuan archipelago, Ambrym is roughly triangular in shape, about wide. With of surface area, it is the fifth largest island in the country. The summit at the center of the island is dominated by"
"and Cape Adare. Mount Faget Mount Faget () is a mountain, high, northwest of Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Maxime A. Faget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a visitor at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1966–67. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying"
"Coast. British mapping in 1978. Darzalas Peak Darzalas Peak (, ‘Vrah Darzalas’ \'vr&h dar-'za-las\) is the rocky, mostly ice-free peak rising to 1300 m in the south foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The peak is situated between Bombardier and Dinsmoor Glaciers, and surmounting Mundraga Bay to the southeast. The peak is named after the Thracian god Darzalas. Darzalas Peak is located at , which is 11.28 km southwest of Trave Peak, 6.16 km north of Mount Elliott, 7.17 km east-northeast of Kavlak Peak, and 29.87 km southeast of Mount Ader in the border area"
"melodia amaka"", but are now considered to fall into the range of variation of the Aleutian song sparrow (""M. m. sanaka""). Unconfirmed reports from the late 1980s suggest that the island, should habitat quality improve, would in time be recolonized by the species. Amak Island Amak Island () is an uninhabited island in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. The island lies north of the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and northwest of the mainland city of Cold Bay. The island's land area is and its maximum elevation is . The island's volcano, Mount Amak, last erupted in 1796."
"Mount Alvernia Mount Alvernia (formerly Como Hill) is located on Cat Island in the Bahamas and is the highest point in the country at above sea level. The mountain shares its name with a school in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Originally named ""Como Hill"", it was renamed Mount Alvernia after La Verna, the hill in Tuscany where St. Francis of Assisi received the Wounds of the Cross. The mountain was given its name by a Catholic priest, Monsignor John Hawes, also known as Fra Jerome, who built a hermitage there. Hawes was an Englishman who spent the last 17 years of"
"Damocles Point Damocles Point () is a headland on the east coast of Alexander Island, east-southeast of the south summit of Mount Tyrrell. A small rock exposure near sea level is surmounted by a ice cliff. The headland is adjacent to George VI Sound and is facing towards the Rymill Coast in Palmer Land. It was first photographed from the air in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition under Rymill. It was surveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, and so named by them because the ice cliff overhanging the spot where geological specimens were collected seemed"
"although the fictional setting was the Austrian Alps. The stunt team and film crew had reached the summit by helicopter. Mount Asgard Mount Asgard is a twin peaked mountain with two flat-topped, cylindrical, rock towers, separated by a saddle. It is located in Auyuittuq National Park, on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. The peak is named after Asgard, the realm of the gods in Norse mythology. Mount Asgard is perhaps the most famous of the Baffin Mountains. Asgard's slightly higher North Peak was first ascended in 1953 by J. Weber, J. Marmet, and H. Röthlisberger, Swiss scientists"
"narrow channels, and the coastline is rugged, with numerous deep inlets. Auckland Island, the main island, has an approximate land area of , and a length of . It is notable for its steep cliffs and rugged terrain, which rises to over . Prominent peaks include Cavern Peak (), Mount Raynal (), Mount D'Urville (), Mount Easton (), and the Tower of Babel (). The southern end of the island broadens to a width of . Here, the narrow channel of Carnley Harbour (the Adams Straits on some maps) separates the main island from the roughly triangular Adams Island (area"
"census showed an official population of two persons. The highest peak is Devils Peak, at 2450+ feet (747+ m). It was the largest privately owned island off the continental United States but is currently jointly owned by the National Park Service (24%), and the Nature Conservancy (76%). A central valley splits the island along the Santa Cruz Island Fault, with volcanic rock on the north and older sedimentary rock on the south. This volcanic rock was heavily fractured during the uplift phase that formed the island and over a hundred large sea caves have been carved into the resulting faults."