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Mount Guyot (Great Smoky Mountains)

Mount Guyot Hidden beneath dense red spruce and Fraser fir on the remote Tennessee–North Carolina border, Mount Guyot is the second-highest mountain in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and one of the great high summits of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Unlike nearby Kuwohi, however, there is no road, observation tower, maintained summit trail, or panoramic …

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Mount Kinabalu: Elevation, Climbing, Geology, Biodiversity & Fast Facts

Mount Kinabalu Rising dramatically above the tropical rainforests of northern Borneo, Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia, the highest point on the island of Borneo, and one of Southeast Asia’s most extraordinary natural landmarks. Its highest summit, Low’s Peak, reaches 4,095.2 meters (13,436 feet) above sea level. Kinabalu is remarkable not only because …

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