steep+rock

  • 121Medes Islands — Illes Medes   Islands   Illes Medes seen from L Estartit beach. Meda gran is in the forefront, taking over most of the silhouette …

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  • 122box canyon —     a) A narrow gorge or canyon containing an intermittent stream following a zigzag course, characterized by high, steep rock walls and typically closed upstream by a similar wall, giving the impression, as viewed from its bottom, of being… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 123precipice — noun a tall and very steep rock face or cliff. Origin C16 (denoting a headlong fall): from Fr. précipice or L. praecipitium abrupt descent , from praeceps, praecip(it) steep, headlong …

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  • 124climb — 1 verb 1 MOVE UP/DOWN (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to move up, down, or across something, especially something tall or steep, using your feet and hands (+ up/down/along etc): Some spectators climbed onto the roof to get a better… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 125precipice — ► NOUN ▪ a tall and very steep rock face or cliff. ORIGIN originally in the sense «headlong fall»: from Latin praecipitium, from praeceps steep, headlong …

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  • 126Jean-Christophe Lafaille — (31 March 1965 – 27 January 2006 [presumed] ) was a French mountaineer noted for a number of difficult ascents in the Alps and Himalaya, and for what has been described as perhaps the finest self rescue ever performed in the Himalaya ,cite web… …

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  • 127Fort de Rocher — (sometimes called Fort de la Roche or Dovecote) was a seventeenth century fortress on the Caribbean island of Tortuga. It was built and utilized by buccaneers as the primary defense of the island to prevent encroachment of Spanish forces. The… …

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  • 128Cape Zumberge — (coord|76|14|S|69|40|W|) is a steep rock cape on the west side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, marking the southwest end of the Orville Coast of Ellsworth Land. The name Zumberge Nunatak was given by the US IGY party from Ellsworth Station, 1957 58, to a …

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