geological formation

the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules

the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates

a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

an ancient coastal region of northwestern Asia Minor (including Lesbos) where the Aeolians founded several cities around 1100 BC

a hill to the to the west of the Athenian acropolis where met the highest governmental council of ancient Athens and later a judicial court

a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held

a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem

a range of low hills in southwestern England

a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland

a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers

the hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built

the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces

a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean

a hill in Northumberland where the invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513

a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)

the southern part of Scotland that is not mountainous

hills in southern India

a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)

a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II

a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy

a central plateau region of the Arabian Peninsula; formerly an independent sultanate until 1932 when it united with Hejaz to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules

a hill in Washington, D.C., where the Capitol Building sits and Congress meets

a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775

a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina

mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming

a mountainous tableland in northern South America; extends from Venezuela into Guyana and northern Brazil

an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast

an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet)

an active volcano in southwestern Mexico

an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955

the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador

an active volcano in northern Iran

the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru

an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)

a volcano in south central Guatemala

an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages

an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes

the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959

an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783

an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946

a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history

a volcano in the Andes in Chile

an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands

an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island

an active volcano in eastern Congo

an active volcano in eastern Congo

an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950

an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946

an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959

an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity

a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944

a mountain range in northeastern New York State; a popular resort area

mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land

a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley

the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia

a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction

a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China

a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast

a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula

a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States

a bright crater on the Moon

a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile

a coast of the Atlantic Ocean

a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia

a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range

the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula

a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area

mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore

a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia

a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

a rugged plateau that runs north to south through central Wales

a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay

a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight

a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia

a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites

a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area

a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range

a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas

the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia

a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California

a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner

a conspicuous crater on the Moon

the southwestern part of the Appalachians

an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone

a large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa island in Scotland

a mountain range running along the eastern coast of Australia

( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults

part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee

a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont

a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains

a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico

a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain

a mountain range extending to the west of the Himalayas

a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet

a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules

a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak

a mountain range in western China that extends eastward from the Indian border for 1000 miles

a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings

a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains

the valley of the Loire River where many French wines originated

a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country

a glacier of the Piedmont type near Juneau in Alaska

a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887

a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic

a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast

a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west

a depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico

a geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts for about 4 minutes about every 65 minutes

an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma

a coast of the Pacific Ocean

a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China

a chain of mountains between France and Spain

a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria

the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide

mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande

a fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles; includes many residential communities

a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland

a hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War

a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains

a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits

a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia

a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War

a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline

a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico

a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney

a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada

a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory

a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont

a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton

a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles

a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania

a popular tourist area in the Tyrol

a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia

a tributary of the Grand Canyon

the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona

the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia

a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains

an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons

an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs

an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II

an atoll in the Hawaiian Islands some 1300 miles to the northwest of Honolulu; site of an important United States naval base

underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

a steep high face of rock

a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata

a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock

the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark

a large mass of ice

land bordering a lake

a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction

the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water

a sunken or depressed geological formation

a raised or elevated geological formation

land bordering an ocean

a series of hills or mountains

geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

a long narrow range of hills

a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

the land along the edge of a body of water

an elevated geological formation

a natural flow of ground water

a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff

a layer of ore between layers of rock

a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)

underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water

a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

a depression forming the ground under a body of water

an especially rich vein of precious ore

a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

the steeply sloping side of a canyon

a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

a slope down which sleds may coast

small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain

a steep rugged rock or cliff

a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

a downward slope or bend

a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again

a spring that discharges hot water and steam

a slowly moving mass of ice

a small cave (usually with attractive features)

elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

the side or slope of a hill

a narrow ridge of hills

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above

a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)

a large flat mass of ice (larger than an ice floe) floating at sea

a flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea

the shore of a lake

low level country

a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

the side or slope of a mountain

a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

the beach at a seaside resort

a very steep cliff

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

the shore of a sea or ocean

a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

a snow-covered slope for skiing

a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river