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J. R. R. Tolkien's design for his son Christopher's contour map on graph paper with handwritten annotations, of parts of Gondor and Mordor and the route taken by the Hobbits with the One Ring, and dates along that route, for an enlarged map in The Return of the King [5] Detail of finished contour map by Christopher Tolkien, drawn from his father's graph paper design.
A T and O map or O–T or T–O map (orbis terrarum, orb or circle of the lands; with the letter T inside an O), also known as an Isidoran map, is a type of early world map that represents world geography as first described by the 7th-century scholar Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) in his De Natura Rerum and later his Etymologiae (c. 625) [1]
Ladybower Tor, Upper Derwent Valley; Low Tor, Bradfield Moors; The Salt Cellar on Derwent Edge; Mam Tor, Edale; Owler Tor, Burbage, [53.3167,-1.6206] Whinstone Lee Tor; White Tor, Derwent Moors (487m) In addition there are hills which incorporate 'tor' in their name but yet do not feature the geomorphological feature described in this article.
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The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre is an astronomy centre located at the site of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Headquarters in Garching bei München. It offers exhibitions, guided tours and planetarium shows that feature observations made by the telescopes of the European Southern Observatory.
Yes Tor (the better-known one, near Okehampton, which has also been known as Eastor and Highest Tor in the past [1] Walkhampton Common (or East Tor) Called East Tor by Terry Bound, referred to Crossing. Not on the OS map and quite difficult to find: Zeal Hill
From an aerial view of the Paranal Observatory, the four large units of the VLT with their four small, dome-shaped auxiliary telescopes can be clearly seen. The Survey Telescope, VST, is immediately adjacent to the VLT and seen in between two of its units, while VISTA is located on a secondary peak, some 1,500 m away in the background (see image).
The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar), is located in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Tor Ghar is a Pashto phrase which means Black (Tor) Mountain (Ghar). It is also called Kala Dhaka , which means the same as its Pushto name; in Hindko a local language spoken by the people of Tanawal and Agror which are located on ...