The Mountain Encyclopedia An A-Z Compendium of More Than 2,300 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People,9780810850569

The Mountain Encyclopedia An A-Z Compendium of More Than 2,300 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People

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ISBN13: 9780810850569
ISBN10: 0810850567
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-06-15
Publisher(s): Scarecrow Press
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Summary

This outstanding reference work is the first A-Z, English language compilation on the world's mountains. It contains definitions, explanations, and clarifications in more than 2,300 entries, which vary in length from a brief sentence to detailed overviews of more complex subjects. It includes listings of many specific mountains, but more important, it is replete with geological terminology, birds and animals, flowers and trees, climbers and mountaineers, as well as associated tasks such as logging, mining, skiing, and climbing. The Mountain Encyclopedia is invaluable as a source of data and information, but it is also enjoyable to read straight through.

Author Biography

Frederic V. Hartemann is a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Table of Contents

Black and White Figures: Captions and Credits ix
List of Sidebars and Tables xi
Foreword xiii
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Explanatory Note xix
Introduction xxi
Abbreviations and Acronyms xxxv
Entries
1(232)
Appendices
233(42)
A. The World's 1,000 Highest Peaks
233(20)
B. 4,000-Meter Peaks in the Alps
253(2)
C. 6,000-Meter Peaks in the Andes
255(2)
D. North America's 14,000-Footers
257(4)
E. The World's Highest Volcanoes
261(4)
F. Major Unclimbed Peaks above 7,000 meters
265(4)
G. 50 U.S. and 13 Canadian Highpoints
269(2)
H. Websites
271(4)
Bibliography 275(8)
Index 283(8)
About the Authors 291

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