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Foxtail Peak (54°14′S 36°42′W / 54.233°S 36.700°W / -54.233; -36.700) is a peak, 455 metres (1,500 ft) high, on the north side of Neumayer Glacier, 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Carlita Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–56 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after the Antarctic foxtail grass slopes of the peak.[1]

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Foxtail Peak

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Foxtail Peak (54°14′S 36°42′W / 54.233°S 36.700°W / -54.233; -36.700) is a peak, 455 metres (1,500 ft) high, on the north side of Neumayer Glacier,...

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Foxtail

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foxtail fern Lycopodium clavatum, foxtail clubmoss Wodyetia, foxtail palm Agave attenuata, an agave species also known as the Foxtail Foxtail Peak, Antarctica...

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Cenchrus ciliaris

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Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern...

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Mount Kaweah

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the Foxtail Pine, lives on the southern slopes of Mount Kaweah. Mount Kaweah is the highest mountain in the southwest Sierra. List of mountain peaks of...

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Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

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Sierra Nevada subalpine zone

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of the Sierra, and forms mat-like krummholz growth forms at tree line. Foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) grows on shallow soils on exposed slopes in mixed...

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Peter Lebeck

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covered by new bark. In 1890, an informal group from Bakersfield called the Foxtail Rangers, including local sheriff Henry L. Borgwardt Jr., removed the bark...

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Los Hombres Malo

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Bibliography of the Sierra Nevada

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neighboring watersheds (2001), by Hank Meals, ASIN B0006RSO5U. The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails (1999), by R. J. Secor, ISBN 0-89886-625-1. The Tahoe...

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John Muir Wilderness

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fellfields above 10,800 feet (3,300 m), containing stands of whitebark and foxtail pine. From 9,000 feet (2,700 m) to 10,800 feet (3,300 m), the wilderness...

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Mount Silliman

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Kolli Hills

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Geography of California

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Spring Mountains National Recreation Area

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for Group Picnicking at Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Office Foxtail Group Picnic Site Kyle Canyon Picnic Area Lee Canyon (Ski and Snowboard...

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Klamath Mountains

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such as Port Orford cedar or Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana spp. balfouriana), and Brewer's spruce (Picea breweriana)...

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Trinity Alps

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ponderosa), and white fir (Abies concolor), plus unique populations of foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) and weeping spruce (Picea breweriana). Other plants...

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here. Right below the timberline, in the Hudsonian zone, the whitebark, foxtail, and silver pines grow. At about 10,500 feet (3,200 m), begins the Arctic...

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on a novel by a Nobel Prize winner; The Telegraphist and Gurin with the Foxtail. Knut Erik Jensen was among the more successful new directors, together...

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Chinese Empire

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list in the Classic of Rites comprises soybeans, wheat, broomcorn and foxtail millet, and hemp. The Ming encyclopedist Song Yingxing properly noted that...

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Juniperus grandis Sierra Nevada, California United States SHP 7 2,110 89 BCE Foxtail pine Pinus balfouriana Sierra Nevada California United States BLK232 2...

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Pinus aristata

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addition to its informal and regional names, the trees are referred to as the foxtail pine or hickory pine. Needles with typical resin flecks Cones Seedlings...

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Eremurus

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perennial flowers in the family Asphodelaceae. They are also known as the foxtail lilies or desert candles. They are native to eastern Europe in (Russia...

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Mustang District

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Kohla, there is evidence of cultivation of barley, free-threshing wheat, foxtail millet, buckwheat and oats dated 1385–780 BCE. Though agro-pastoralism...

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Sahara Las Vegas

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restaurant known as Cleo. The SLS had three nightclubs: Foxtail, Life, and Sayers Club. Foxtail had an 8,000 sq ft (740 m2) interior space. It also featured...

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Yosemite National Park

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western white pine, Jeffrey pine, lodgepole pine, and the occasional foxtail pine. Fewer wildlife species tend to be found in these habitats, because...

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