mountain climbing
mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
| Kennesaw Mountain | battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Leyte
Leyte Island
Leyte invasion | a battle in World War II, the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October , the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese |
Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island | in December the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines |
Rocky Mountain jay
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis | a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona |
mountain skink
Eumeces callicephalus | frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico |
mountain devil
spiny lizard Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
black rat snake
blacksnake pilot blacksnake
mountain blacksnake
Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
| Rhode Island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownished general-purpose chicken |
mountain quail
mountain partridge
Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
| Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
| Bernese mountain dog | large powerful long-haired blackoated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking, formerly used for draft |
cougar
puma
catamount mountain lion
painter
panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain beaver
sewellel
Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America, the most primitive living rodent |
| mountain paca | rodent of mountains of western South America |
mountain chinchilla
mountain viscacha | a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity |
mountain zebra
Equus zebra zebra | narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa |
| mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn
bighorn sheep
cimarron
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain sheep
Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
mountain goat
Rocky Mountain goat
Oreamnos americanus | sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America |
mountain nyala
Tragelaphus buxtoni | shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia |
mountain gorilla
Gorilla gorilla beringei | gorilla of Kivu highlands |
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Prosopium williamsonii | whitefish of the western United States and Canada |
gas pump
gasoline pump
petrol pump
island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
| island | a zone or area resembling an island |
| kitchen island | an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides |
mountain bike
all-terrain bike
offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
| mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
| mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
lingonberry
mountain cranberry
cowberry
lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
| Thousand Island dressing | mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hardooked egg |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States |
| Guadalupe Mountains National Park | a national park in Texas that has the highest point in Texas, includes desert wilderness and the ancient Apache hunting grounds |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
| Bouvet Island | an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle |
| Sao Tiago Island | largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean |
| Guadalupe Island | a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California |
| Caribbean Island | an island in the Caribbean Sea |
| Aegean island | an island in the Aegean Sea |
| Baffin Island | the th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada, lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay |
| Vancouver Island | an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia), the largest island off the west coast of North America |
| Cape Breton Island | an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia |
| Prince Edward Island | an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the smallest province of Canada |
| Norfolk Island | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia, formerly a British penal colony |
Wake Island
Wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
Nauru Nauru Island
Pleasant Island | a small island in the central Pacific Ocean , miles to the southwest of Hawaii, in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands |
Bahrain Bahrain Island
Bahrein Bahrein Island | an island in the Persian Gulf |
| Channel Island | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France |
| Jersey island of Jersey | the largest of the Channel Islands |