massif
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Emile had only just been dropped off to stay at his grandparents' holiday home when he vanished in the Alpine hamlet on the slopes of the Massif des Trois-Evêchés mountain range.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024
The research team analyzed whiteschist from the Dora Maira Massif in the Western Alps, Italy.
From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023
Woods then dropped Jorgenson at ease and reached the summit of the Puy de Dome, a famed volcanic crater in the Massif Central region of south-central France that last hosted a stage 35 years ago.
From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2023
Recovering a long mantle core was not the primary goal of the cruise, which is probing the Atlantis Massif, an underwater mountain, for clues to the origin of life.
From Science Magazine • May 25, 2023
In 1966 he’d made the first ascent of the Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest point.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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