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burning mountain

Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano, fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.] (Geol.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.

Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy (4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.), Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of subordinate craters.

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Burning Mountain

Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. It takes its name from a smouldering coal seam running underground through the sandstone. Burning Mountain is contained within the Burning Mountain Nature Reserve, which is administered by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).

A trail with information panels runs from the park carpark to the site where smoke emanates from the ground.

Usage examples of "burning mountain".

Eastward Sam could see the plain of Mordor vast and dark below, and the burning mountain far away.

Through this, Monk had suddenly seen what looked like a burning mountain.

Him walking toward a burning mountain, something crunching beneath his boots.

This was the quest put on them by the Bone Witch, to return the Firebird's Egg to its nest atop Burning Mountain.

The gods who saved him from the lion will save him from the burning mountain.