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Mount Chimaera ; Pliny 5.53. Chimaera as a geographical reference point. "Cape" is a gloss of the translator. Perseus's English version of Pliny differs in chapter numbering; these become 2.110, 5.28, 5.35 resp. Servius on Aeneid 6.288. "In fact, there is a Mount Chimaera..." Strabo 14.3.5,"a certain
The place where she lived was called Mount Chimaera. [3] An Irish-born British naval officer named Francis Beaufort surveyed the region in 1811 and concluded that Yanartaş was the fabled mountain, citing the ancient Roman writer Pliny, who had made the same claim.
Chimaera Flats) is a broad stretch of flat sand with a smooth surface only a few metres above sea level, between Medusa Pool and Gorgon Pool on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands The name applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 refers to the chimaera , a mythical fire-eating monster.
According to Greek mythology, [1] the Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira (/ k aɪ ˈ m ɪər ə, k ɪ-/ ky-MEER-ə, kih-; Ancient Greek: Χίμαιρα, romanized: Chímaira, lit. 'she-goat') [ 2 ] was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia , Asia Minor , composed of different animal parts.
The Chimera of Arezzo is regarded as the best example of ancient Etruscan art. [1] The British art historian David Ekserdjian described the sculpture as "one of the most arresting of all animal sculptures and the supreme masterpiece of Etruscan bronze-casting". [ 2 ]
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The chimaera is a marine species, typically found on slanted and flat areas of deep oceans at the continental slope, sometimes extending into the bathyal zone. It has a broad depth range, occurring in waters 400 metres (1,300 ft) – 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) in depth, typically in the deeper part of this range. [ 5 ]
Mount Wow is a prominent 6,040+ ft (1,840+ m) mountain summit located in the southwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park, in Pierce County of Washington state. [4] It is part of the Cascade Range , and lies 8.6 mi (13.8 km) southwest of the summit of Mount Rainier .