The Mountain Encyclopedia An A-Z Compendium of More Than 2,300 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People

by Hartemann, Frederic V.; Hauptman, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780810850569
• ISBN10: 0810850567
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-15
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

This outstanding reference work is the first A-Z, English language compilation on the world's mountains. It contains definitions, explanations, and clarifications in more than 2,300 entries, which vary in length from a brief sentence to detailed overviews of more complex subjects. It includes listings of many specific mountains, but more important, it is replete with geological terminology, birds and animals, flowers and trees, climbers and mountaineers, as well as associated tasks such as logging, mining, skiing, and climbing. The Mountain Encyclopedia is invaluable as a source of data and information, but it is also enjoyable to read straight through.

Author Biography

Frederic V. Hartemann is a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Table of Contents

Black and White Figures: Captions and Credits	ix
List of Sidebars and Tables	xi
Foreword	xiii
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Explanatory Note	xix
Introduction	xxi
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xxxv
Entries	1	(232)
Appendices	233	(42)
A. The World's 1,000 Highest Peaks	233	(20)
B. 4,000-Meter Peaks in the Alps	253	(2)
C. 6,000-Meter Peaks in the Andes	255	(2)
D. North America's 14,000-Footers	257	(4)
E. The World's Highest Volcanoes	261	(4)
F. Major Unclimbed Peaks above 7,000 meters	265	(4)
G. 50 U.S. and 13 Canadian Highpoints	269	(2)
H. Websites	271	(4)
Bibliography	275	(8)
Index	283	(8)
About the Authors	291