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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 54 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain on the frontier between See also:

Norway and See also:

Sweden, forming a salient (6158 ft.) of the Kj6l or " See also:

KEEL

keel " of the Scandinavian See also:

peninsula. The See also:

mass, composed of three peaks, is situated in 6 7° 1o' N., and covered with a See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-See also:

field from which many glaciers descend. In these rise feeders of the See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

rivers Lilla Lule and Pite, flowing See also:

south-See also:

east. Westward, the foothills descend upon the Skjerstad See also:

FJORD, or FIORD

Fjord, above which are two lakes, Nedre and Ovre Vand. From Sjonstaa steamers on the Langvand and a See also:

LIGHT

light railway give communication between the See also:

sea and Furulund, the headquarters of the Swedish Sulitelma See also:

MINING

Mining See also:

COMPANY

Company. A mountain track descends from Sulitelma to Kvickjock (or Kvikkjokk), a considerable See also:

VILLAGE

village magnificently situated on the Tarrajock, a See also:

head-stream of the Lilla Lule. This is distant three days' See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey on See also:

FOOT

foot from Furulund.

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