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  2. Whiteface Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Whiteface Mountain is located in the town of Wilmington, in Essex County, New York. is the fifth-highest mountain in New York, with an elevation of 4,867 feet (1,483 m). [ 1 ] Except for nearby Esther Mountain, The mountain is over 10 miles (16 km) from the other Adirondack High Peaks. This isolation offers impressive views in all directions ...

  3. Atmospheric temperature - Wikipedia

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    Average yearly temperature is 22.4 °C, ranging from an average minimum of 12.2 °C to a maximum of 29.9 °C. The average temperature range is 11.4 °C. [6] Variability throughout the year is small (standard deviation of 2.31 °C for the maximum monthly average and 4.11 °C for the minimum). The graph also shows the typical phenomenon of ...

  4. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.

  5. Imperial units - Wikipedia

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    The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road). The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

  6. Stonehenge - Wikipedia

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury.It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones, held in place with mortise and tenon joints, a feature unique among ...

  7. IEEE 802.11 - Wikipedia

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    This Linksys WRT54GS, a combined router and Wi‑Fi access point, operates using the 802.11g standard in the 2.4 GHz ISM band using signalling rates up to 54 Mbit/s. For comparison, this Netgear product, a combined router and Wi‑Fi access point from 2013, uses the 802.11ac standard in the 5 GHz band, with signalling rates up to 6933 Mbit/s.

  8. Wedge-tailed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The nest is a structure of sticks ranging 70 to 100 cm (2.3 to 3.3 ft) across and 30 to 80 cm (12 to 31 in) deep when first build but with repeated additions up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) across and nearly 4 m (13 ft) deep. [4] [6] The interior nest cup is commonly around 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16 in) across about 10 cm (3.9 in) deep. [10]

  9. Ocean - Wikipedia

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    Most waves are less than 3 m (10 ft) high [74] and it is not unusual for strong storms to double or triple that height. [75] Rogue waves, however, have been documented at heights above 25 meters (82 ft). [76] [77] The top of a wave is known as the crest, the lowest point between waves is the trough and the distance between the crests is the ...