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... metres ) , the highest 4,720 feet ( 1,440 metres ) , in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula . The entire area is underlain by permafrost . The rocks are early Pa- leozoic metamorphics , Cretaceous sediments ...
... metres ) , the highest 4,720 feet ( 1,440 metres ) , in the Kigluaik Mountains in the southwestern part of the peninsula . The entire area is underlain by permafrost . The rocks are early Pa- leozoic metamorphics , Cretaceous sediments ...
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... metres Rhône Marseille 8 ° 10 ° 12 ° The Alps mountain ranges . er forces . The western Pre - Alps are thus taken to ... metres ) in the Dufourspitze ; the Aar Massif , 14,022 feet ( 4,272 me- tres ) ; the Bernina , 13,281 feet ( 4,049 ...
... metres Rhône Marseille 8 ° 10 ° 12 ° The Alps mountain ranges . er forces . The western Pre - Alps are thus taken to ... metres ) in the Dufourspitze ; the Aar Massif , 14,022 feet ( 4,272 me- tres ) ; the Bernina , 13,281 feet ( 4,049 ...
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... metres ) in length and nearly six feet ( two metres ) square , was bored from both ends ( the headings missed connections , resulting in a jog in the middle ) through a mountain of limestone rock nearly 1,000 feet ( 300 me- tres ) high ...
... metres ) in length and nearly six feet ( two metres ) square , was bored from both ends ( the headings missed connections , resulting in a jog in the middle ) through a mountain of limestone rock nearly 1,000 feet ( 300 me- tres ) high ...
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