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- segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges, extending southeastward for about 250 miles (400 km) from the Wrangell Mountains to Cross Sound along the Canada-United States (Alaska) border. Many peaks exceed 17,000 feet (5,200 m), including Mount St. Elias, Mount Logan (second only in height in North America to Mount McKinley ... [7 Related Articles]
- Saint Elias, Mount
- second highest peak (18,008 feet [5,489 m]) of the St. Elias Mountains, on the Canada-United States (Alaska) border, 70 miles (110 km) northwest of Yakutat, Alaska. The mountain rises north of Malaspina Glacier. Vitus Bering became the first official European discoverer of northwestern America when he sighted the peak from ... [7 Related Articles]
- Saint Elizabeth
- (from the article "Marburg") ...three years of her life there in charitable works. Until the Reformation her bones were preserved in the shrine in her honour, a masterpiece of the Rhenish goldsmiths' craft, in the church of St. Elizabeth (1235-83), which also contained the remains of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg during World War ...
- Saint Elmo's fire
- luminosity accompanying brushlike discharges of atmospheric electricity that sometimes appears as a faint light on the extremities of pointed objects such as church towers or the masts of ships during stormy weather, or along electric power lines. It is commonly accompanied by a crackling or hissing noise. [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Fergus
- village and gas pipeline terminal, in the council area and historic county of Aberdeenshire, on the northeastern coast of Scotland 5 miles (8 km) north of Peterhead. St. Fergus is the major Scottish landfall terminal for North Sea gas. Natural gas arriving by deepwater pipeline from several undersea gas fields ...
- Saint Fin Barr
- (from the article "Cork") The Gothic Revival-style Protestant cathedral of St. Fin Barre, designed by William Burges and completed in 1879, replaced a structure that had been built in 1735 on the site of the 7th-century monastery. The Roman Catholic St. Mary's Cathedral was built in 1808. Queen's College, opened in 1849, became part ...
- Saint Florian, Church of
- (from the article "Altdorfer, Albrecht") ...was the leafy and impenetrable forests of Germany and Austria. He was also among the first to depict sunset lighting and picturesque ruins in twilight. Several of his altar panels in the Church of St. Florian near Linz, completed in 1518, depicting the Passion of Christ and the martyrdom of ...
- Saint Francis Church
- (from the article "Cochin") Cochin, set among picturesque lagoons and backwaters, attracts a considerable tourist trade. At Fort Cochin is St. Francis Church, built by the Portuguese in 1510 and reputedly the first European church on Indian soil. It was for a time the burial place of Vasco da Gama before his remains were ...
- Saint Francis College
- private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Loretto, Pennsylvania, U.S. It is sponsored by the Franciscans of the Third Order Regular of the Roman Catholic church. This liberal arts college offers a range of bachelor's degree programs in such areas as business, education, health professions, and arts and sciences. There ...
- Saint Francis River
- river rising in the St. Francois Mountains, southeastern Missouri, U.S., and flowing south to the edge of the Ozark Plateau at Wappapello, Mo. It continues across the Mississippi alluvial plain to enter the Mississippi River just above Helena, Ark., after a course of 425 mi (684 km). For 40 mi ...
- Saint Francis, Church of
- (from the article "Ravenna") ...that is the earliest example in Italy of the decorative use of majolica. This church also has impressive capitals in its nave and a fine apse mosaic depicting the Transfiguration of Christ. The Church of St. Francis (San Francesco) has a small annex containing the tomb of the Italian poet ...
- Saint George
- town and parish, southern coast of St. George's Island, northern Bermuda. One of the oldest English settlements in the Western Hemisphere, St. George was founded in 1612 by colonists in the service of the Virginia Company of London, the same company that had sponsored the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. It ...
- Saint George
- city, seat (1863) of Washington county, southwestern Utah, U.S., on the Virgin River, near the Arizona border. Settled in 1861 as a cotton-growing centre by a Mormon group, it was named for George A. Smith, a counselor to Brigham Young. The first Mormon temple to be erected in the state ...
- Saint George's
- town and capital of Grenada, an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The town is situated on the island's southwestern coast, on a small peninsula with a shallow exterior bay and a deep, inner landlocked harbour. French settlers founded Saint George's as a settlement in 1650, and it served as ... [5 Related Articles]
- Saint George's Cay
- islet in the Caribbean Sea, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Belize City, Belize, of which it is considered a part. Offshore, in 1798, the British defeated a Spanish armada of 2,500 men and 31 vessels to end Spanish claims to British Honduras (Belize). During the 19th century, the islet ...
- Saint George's Channel
- wide passage extending for 100 miles (160 km) between the Irish Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a minimum width of 47 miles (76 km) between Carnsore Point (near Rosslare, Ire.) and historic St. David's Head (Wales). The name derives from a late form of the legend of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint George's Chapel
- part of Windsor Castle in the district of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, Eng. This chapel was designed for the Order of the Garter and was begun by Edward IV. It is one of the finest examples of the Perpendicular style of Gothic architecture in England. The chapel was built in ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint George, Fort
- citadel built by the English East India Company in Madras, India, later becoming the British capital in South India. The fort, named in honour of Britain's patron saint, is well preserved by the state of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras). [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Gereon
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...the present San Nazaro Maggiore (begun in 382), is cruciform in plan with an apse in the east, built in imitation of the church of the same name at Constantinople. At Cologne, the oval plan of St. Gereon (built about 380) is enriched by eight smaller apses (apsidioles), an apse ...
- Saint Giles, cathedral of
- (from the article "Edinburgh") A number of important buildings line the Royal Mile. At its heart is the cathedral of St. Giles (the High Kirk of Edinburgh) of the Church of Scotland. It has a fine late-Gothic nave and a magnificent 15th-century crown tower: an open spire with eight flying buttresses supporting a sculptured ...
- Saint Gommarus' Church
- (from the article "Lier") ...destroyed during the bombardment of Antwerp in 1914, some medieval buildings survived, including the beguinage (a retreat for secular nuns; 13th century), the Gothic belfry (1369), and Saint Gommarus' Church (1425-1577). The church, a fine example of the Brabantine High Gothic style, is noted for its stained-glass windows, paintings, and ...
- Saint Gotthard Pass
- mountain pass in the Lepontine Alps of southern Switzerland, an important motor and railway route between central Europe and Italy. The pass lies at an elevation of 6,916 feet (2,108 m) and is 16 miles (26 km) long. Although the pass was known to the Romans, it was not generally ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Gotthard Tunnel
- (from the article "Great tunnels of the world") ...3,773 feet (1,150 m). The railway (opened 1882) through the tunnel connects Luzern, Switz., with Milan. This route includes several spiral tunnels in the Reuss and Ticino river valleys. In 1980 the St. Gotthard Road Tunnel, 10 miles (16 km) in length and able to accommodate more than 1,500 automotive ...
- Saint Gotthard Tunnel
- (from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") ...air from water-powered fans and a horizontal diaphragm at mid-height, forming an exhaust duct at top of the tunnel. Mont Cenis was soon followed by other notable Alpine railroad tunnels: the 9-mile St. Gotthard (1872-82), which introduced compressed-air locomotives and suffered major problems with water inflow, weak rock, and bankrupt ...
- Saint Helen's Island
- (from the article "Montreal") By 1900 Montreal's population reached 270,000, and it began to annex several cities, towns, and villages on its outskirts. It purchased Ile Sainte-Helene (St. Helen's Island) in 1908, the site, with two neighbouring man-made islands, of Expo 67. Montreal's famous ice-hockey team, the Canadiens, was founded in 1909 (and has ...
- Saint Helena
- island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean, lying 1,200 miles (1,950 km) west of the southwestern coast of Africa. St. Helena has a maximum length (southwest-northeast) of 10.5 miles (17 km) and a maximum breadth of 6.5 miles (10 km). The capital and port is Jamestown. Ascension ... [5 Related Articles]
- Saint Helens
- (from the article "Saint Helens") urban area and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, England. It lies in the industrial belt between Liverpool and Manchester. Coal pits were exploited in the locality in the 16th century, and local sand deposits led to the introduction of glassmaking in 1773. Glassmaking long dominated ...
- Saint Helens
- urban area and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, England. It lies in the industrial belt between Liverpool and Manchester. Coal pits were exploited in the locality in the 16th century, and local sand deposits led to the introduction of glassmaking in 1773. Glassmaking long dominated ...
- Saint Helens, Mount
- volcanic peak in the Cascade Range, southwestern Washington, U.S. Its eruption on May 18, 1980, was one of the greatest volcanic explosions ever recorded in North America. [6 Related Articles]
- Saint Helier
- chief town, resort, parish, and the capital of Jersey, in the Channel Islands. The town lies along St. Aubin's Bay opposite a tidal island known as L'Islet (accessible by causeway at low tide), on the south side of Jersey Island. The town is named for St. Helier, a Frankish missionary ...
- Saint Hilaire, Marcq
- (from the article "navigation") ...of the altitudes and azimuths of a few familiar stars. Routine trigonometric procedures for making the needed computations had been introduced by Thomas H. Sumner of the United States in 1837 and Marcq Saint-Hilaire of France in 1875. These astronomical determinations were supplemented by dead reckoning, which had been made ...
- Saint Ignace
- city, seat (1882) of Mackinac county, southeastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It lies on the Straits of Mackinac opposite Mackinaw City, with which it is linked by the 5-mile- (8-km-) long Mackinac Bridge.
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral
- iron-domed cathedral in St. Petersburg that was designed in Russian Empire style by Auguste de Montferrand. Covering 2.5 acres (1 hectare), it was completed in 1858 after four decades of construction. The granite and marble building is cruciform, and its great dome is one of the earliest examples of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saint Ives
- town (parish), Huntingdonshire district, administrative county of Cambridgeshire, historic county of Huntingdonshire, England, on the north bank of the River Ouse. It was originally a village called Slepe. St. Ives was granted an eight-day fair by Henry I in 1110 and developed in consequence until the fair was suspended during ...
- Saint Ives
- town ("parish"), Penwith district, administrative and historic county of Cornwall, England. In 1497 the pretender Perkin Warbeck was proclaimed king when he anchored in St. Ives harbour. Clustered around the harbour is the old town of winding cobbled streets and colour-washed stone cottages. Fishing and tin mining were important until ...
- Saint Jakov, Cathedral of
- (from the article "Sibenik") Historically, the town has been distinguished for culture and scholarship. The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Jakov (1431-1536), which combines Gothic and Renaissance elements, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2000. The City Gates, Loggia, and several Renaissance houses are well preserved. St. Anne's Fortress (12th-13th centuries) overlooks ...
- Saint James
- neighbourhood of the Greater London borough of Westminster. Lying south of the Soho district, west of Whitehall, and north and east of Buckingham Palace, St. James is known for its royal palace and its large park, and it has remained one of the more fashionable residential districts of London's West ...
- Saint James's Church
- (from the article "rood screen") ...allowed to remain, but thereafter they were more often called chancel screens. Some English rood screens have escaped destruction, and some have been restored-such as the excellent example in St. James's Church in Avebury, Wiltshire, erected in the 15th century and restored in the 19th century. Late Renaissance church architects ...
- Saint John
- largest city in New Brunswick, Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River. The site, visited by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604 and fortified by Charles La Tour (1631-35), was occupied by the British in 1758 and refortified as Fort Frederick. ... [3 Related Articles]
- Saint John
- smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, just east of St. Thomas and 80 miles (130 km) east of San Juan, P.R. With a total area of 20 square miles (50 square km), St. John is 9 miles long and 5 miles wide. Its irregular coastline is indented with picturesque harbours ... [2 Related Articles]
- Saint John of Ephesus, Church of
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...basilica plan, of three or five aisles with an apse in the east, remained no less popular in Greece, on the islands, in the Balkans (Stobi in Serbia), and in the Middle East. In Asia Minor the church of St. John of Ephesus (450), later replaced by a building of ...
- Saint John of Nepomuk, Church of
- (from the article "Asam, Cosmas Damian") The Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Munich (1733-46), also known as the Asamkirche in honour of the brothers, is their masterwork and is an early contribution to the Bavarian Rococo style. The high, narrow interior, mysteriously lit from above, is richly decorated with paint, stuccowork, sculpture, and gilt. ...
- Saint John of the Studium
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...made in the eastern Mediterranean area in the 5th century. The progress cannot be followed exactly because so much has been destroyed, but the earliest surviving church in Constantinople, that of St. John of Studium (Mosque of Imrahor), shows that this process had already gone quite far by the year ...
- Saint John River
- river rising in Guinea, West Africa. Its source is northwest of the Nimba Range, and with its upper reach (the Mani River) it forms part of the Guinea-Liberia border. Entering north-central Liberia it very nearly bisects the country, discharging into the Atlantic at Edina, where the Benson and Mechlin rivers ...
- Saint John River
- large river rising in Somerset county in northwestern Maine, U.S., and flowing northeast to the Canadian border, where it gradually turns southeast to form the international boundary for 80 miles (130 km). Just above Grand Falls, the river enters Canada and flows through New Brunswick into the Bay of Fundy ... [3 Related Articles]
- Saint John the Baptist of Studium
- (from the article "Western architecture") The ecclesiastical architecture of the East is more varied, partly as a result of differences in the liturgies. The monastery of St. John the Baptist of Studium in Constantinople (463) and the church of the Acheiropoietos at Thessalonica (470) were basilicas with tribunes and narthexes, which, in their proportions, approached ...
- Saint John the Evangelist, Church of
- (from the article "Ravenna") ...in its nave and a fine apse mosaic depicting the Transfiguration of Christ. The Church of St. Francis (San Francesco) has a small annex containing the tomb of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The Church of St. John the Evangelist (San Giovanni Evangelista) was almost totally destroyed in World War ...
- Saint John Valley
- (from the article "Maine") ...make up the second largest ethnic bloc in the state. The people of Acadia, originally from Brittany and Normandy, were driven out of Nova Scotia in 1763 by the British; many of them settled in the St. John valley-which now forms the northern border of Maine-while others made the long ...
- Saint John's
- city and capital of Antigua and Barbuda. It lies on the northwest coast and is a resort and the main port (handling sugar, cotton, foodstuffs, machinery, and lumber). Before 1968 the sheltered harbour was limited to boats drawing only 6 feet (2 m), but because of a major dredging project ... [5 Related Articles]
- Saint John's Cathedral
- (from the article "'s-Hertogenbosch") Historic landmarks include the town hall (1671) and the Flamboyant Gothic St. John's Cathedral (rebuilt 1419-1520 on Romanesque foundations), the largest Roman Catholic church in The Netherlands. Opposite the town hall is a statue of the painter Hieronymus Bosch, who was born in 's-Hertogenbosch. The town is now a rail ...
- Saint John's Co-Cathedral
- (from the article "Valletta") One of the most notable buildings in Valletta is St. John's Co-Cathedral, which was formerly the conventual church of the Hospitaler order and is now equal in rank with the archbishop's cathedral at Mdina. It was designed by the Maltese architect Gerolamo Cassar and built between 1573 and 1578. Other ...
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