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Etna ( 353 ) : according to Smyth, 10,871 feet. 



Peak of Teneriffe : 12,158 feet, according to Charles 

 Deville.( 354 ) 



Grunung Semera ; this volcano is the highest moun- 

 tain in Java: 12,235 feet, according to Junghuhn's 

 barometric measurement. 



Mount Erebus, in S. lat. 77 32'; the nearest 

 known volcano to the south pole ( 355 ) : according to 

 Sir James Clark Eoss, 12,366 feet. 



Volcano Argseus ( 356 ) inCappadocia, nowErdschisch- 

 Dagh, S.S.E. of Kaisarieh : 12,600 feet, according to 

 Pierre von Tschichatscheff. 



Fourth group, from 12,000 to 16,000 French feet 

 (12,789 to 17,052 English) : - 



Volcano of Tuqueres( 357 ) in the highlands of the 

 Provincia de los Pastes : according to Boussingault, 

 12,821 feet. 



Volcano of Pasto ( 358 ) : according to Boussingault, 

 13,450 feet. 



Volcano Mauna Roa( 359 ): according to Wilkes, 

 13,758 feet. 



Volcano of Cumbal( 360 ) in the Provincia de los 

 Pastos. 15,618 feet, according to Boussingault. 



Volcano Kliutschewsk ( 3C1 ) (Kamtschatka) : accord- 

 ing to Erman, 15,763 feet. 



Volcano Kucu-Pichincha : according to barometric 

 measurements by Humboldt, 15,923 feet. 



Volcano Tungurahua : according to a trigonome- 

 trical measurement by Humboldt ( 3ti2 ), 16,491 feet. 



