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| Mont Aigoual |
The Mont Aigoual (alt: 1567 m) is the highest point of the Gard département, France. It is part of the Massif Central, and it is located within the Cévennes National Park. It is the last remaining weather station in France which is still inhabited by meteorologists. (references) |
| Mont Aiguille |
Mont Aiguille is a mountain in the French Alps, located 58 km (36 mi) south of Grenoble. The mountain is most noted for its first ascent in 1492. Charles VIII ordered that the peak be climbed, so one of his servants, Antoine de Ville, made the ascent using a combination of ladders and other artificial aids. The ascent is described by François Rabelais in his Quart Livre. (references) |
| Mont Albert North, Victoria |
Mont Albert North is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in the state of Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse. The Northern border or the suburb is the Eastern Freeway and the Southern border is Kenmare Steet, while Elgar Road constitutes the boundary in the East. The Western boundary is a series of back streets running close to Union Road. This boundary follows the municipal boundary with the City of Boroondara. (references) |
| Mont Albert railway station, Melbourne |
Mont Albert (station code: MAB) is an unmanned railway station on the Lilydale and Belgrave lines in Melbourne, Australia, opened in 1890. It has 3 platforms with a substantial building on the citybound platform, and a small shelter on platforms 2 and 3. It is located in Metcard ticketing Zones 1 and 2. (references) |
| Mont Albert, Victoria |
Mont Albert is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, in Victoria. It is in the Local Government Area of the City of Whitehorse. (references) |
| Mont Blanc |
The highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Mont Blanc Tramway |
The Mont Blanc Tramway or Tramway du Mont-Blanc is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie region of France. The line runs from a connections with the SNCF at Saint-Gervais-Le Fayet station to the Nid d'Aigle station at the Bionnassay glacier at an altitude of 2372m (7800ft). The initial intention was for the line to reach the l'Aiguille du Goûter. (references) |
| Mont Cenis |
Mont Cenis (Italian: Moncenisio) is a massif and pass (2081 m/ 6827 ft) in Savoy (France) which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps. (references) |
| Mont de piete |
One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. |
| Mont Donon |
Mont Donon (1008m) is the highest peak in the northern Vosges. It is a Category 2 climb in the Tour de France. (references) |
| Mont Ngafula |
Mont Ngafula is a neigherborhood in the south of the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The neighborhood is situated in the hilly area of Kinshasa and is intersected by the Lukaya River valley in its southern portion. Residence in the area is relatively new and emerged in the 1970s as a home for the small number of upper and middle-class business executives, politicians and other people well-to-do by Kinshasa standards. However, many of the would-be extravagant compounds commissioned remain incomplete, mainly due to the drastic economic decline that characterized the latter portion of the Mobutu era. (references) |
| Mont Nimba |
Mont Nimba is a mountain along the border of Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea in West Africa. At 1,752 m (5,750 ft) it is the highest point in both nations. The mountain is part of the Nimba Massif (the "Guinean Backbone"), straddling the border between the two countries and Liberia. The nearest major settlement is Yekepa to the west in Liberia. (references) |
| Mont Orgueil |
Mont Orgueil is a castle in Jersey. It is located overlooking the harbor of Gorey. It is also called Gorey Castle by English-speakers, and lé Vièr Châté (the Old Castle) by Jèrriais-speakers. (references) |
| Mont Park Asylum, Melbourne |
Mont Park Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Melbourne, Australia. It was closed in the late-1990s. (references) |
| Mont Pelerin Society |
The Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) is an international organization composed of economists, intellectuals, business leaders, and others who favour economic liberalism. The society advocates free market economic policies and the political values of an "open society." The Mont Pelerin Society was created on April 10, 1947 at a conference organized by Friedrich Hayek and convened at a Swiss mountain resort after which the society was named. (references) |
| Mont Saint Michel |
Mont Saint Michel is a small rocky islet in Normandy, roughly one kilometer from the north coast of France at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches, close to the border of Brittany. Location : 48°38'8"N 1°30'40"W . It is home to the unusual Benedictine Abbey and steepled church (built between the 11th and 16th centuries) which occupy most of the one-kilometer-diameter clump of rocks jutting out of the waters of the English Channel. (references) |
| Mont Saint Michel (ferry) |
The Mont Saint Michel is a car and passenger ferry currently owned by Brittany Ferries and in use on the Portsmouth, England to Caen, France route. Launched in December 2002, it can carry 2,200 passengers and around 800 cars. (references) |
| Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec |
Mont Ste-Anne is a ski resort East of Quebec, Canada. (references) |
| Mont Saint-Grégoire |
Mont Saint-Grégoire (size: 292 m.) is a mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is an intrusive mountain. The mountain is composed of essexite and syenite, strongly contrasting with the surrounding sedimentary rocks. The area around Mont Saint-Grégoire is known for its maple syrup production. (references) |
| Mont Saint-Hilaire |
Mont Saint-Hilaire (en. Mount Saint-Hilaire) is a mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is an intrusive mountain. The area surrounding the mountain is a biosphere reserve. (references) |
| Mont Ste-Marie |
Mont Ste-Marie has been ranked as one of the top ten golf courses in the Ottawa region. Located in Lac Ste Marie, Quebec, this 18-hole course is also home to a downhill skiing facility in the winter. (references) |
| Mont Wright, Quebec |
Name of a mountain near Fermont in Quebec and site of major iron ore mining operations since the 1970s by such companies as Québec Cartier and Iron Ore Company of Canada. (references) |
| Transmitter Mont d'Amain |
The Transmitter Mont d'Amain is a facility for FM- and TV-transmission on the Mont d'Amain near Alençon in France. It uses as antenna a 200 metre high guyed steel tube mast. (references) |
| Transmitter Mont Pinçon |
The transmitter Mont Pinçon is a facility for FM- and TV-broadcasting on Mont Pinçon near Caen, France. It uses as transmission tower a 216 metre high guyed mast. (references) |
| Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc |
The Ultra Trail Tour du Mont-Blanc (also called UTMB) is a mountain ultramarathon. It takes place once a year in the Alps, across France, Italy and Switzerland. The distance varies between 150 and 160km, with a total elevation gain of around 8500m. The race is run in one leg. Some believe that is the most difficult foot race in Europe. (references) |
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