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Mount Eagle (U
Mount Eagle or Mounteagle may refer to: * Mount Eagle (plantation), historic plantation in Virginia, USA * Mount Eagle (U.S. Virgin Islands), highest summit on Island of Saint Croix *Mount Eagle (Ireland) Mount Eagle () is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland. Geography The mountain is part of Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland. Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the m ... (''Sliabh an Iolair''), 516m, a Marilyn in the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland * Mount Eagle (Scotland), 256m, a Marilyn on the Black Isle, Scotland ** Mounteagle transmitting station, on the top of this hill * Mount Eagle (Chile) Chilean town * Mount Eagle, Pennsylvania * Eaglemont, Victoria, formerly named Mount Eagle See also * Monteagle (other) * Monte Águila, Chile, Mount Eagle in English {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eagle (plantation)
Mount Eagle was a plantation home built by Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in 1789–90, south of Hunting Creek and Alexandria in present-day Fairfax County, Virginia. It was demolished in 1968; the Huntington Metro Station and several condominium complexes were built on the property. History The first colonial landowner of the area that Mount Eagle would be built upon was a tavern owner, John Mathews, who received a land patent for southwest of Hunting Creek in 1669. He eventually sold part of it to the merchant and land speculator, John Colville, of Newcastle upon Tyne, who put together a parcel of over which he called Cleesh. When he died in 1755, he left 1000 acres of Cleesh to his brother, Thomas, for life and thereafter to his cousin's husband, Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville. Thomas died in 1764 and named George Washington as one of his executors. Settlement of the estate took over 30 years and lasted through the American Revolution and both of Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eagle (U
Mount Eagle or Mounteagle may refer to: * Mount Eagle (plantation), historic plantation in Virginia, USA * Mount Eagle (U.S. Virgin Islands), highest summit on Island of Saint Croix *Mount Eagle (Ireland) Mount Eagle () is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland. Geography The mountain is part of Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland. Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the m ... (''Sliabh an Iolair''), 516m, a Marilyn in the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland * Mount Eagle (Scotland), 256m, a Marilyn on the Black Isle, Scotland ** Mounteagle transmitting station, on the top of this hill * Mount Eagle (Chile) Chilean town * Mount Eagle, Pennsylvania * Eaglemont, Victoria, formerly named Mount Eagle See also * Monteagle (other) * Monte Águila, Chile, Mount Eagle in English {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eagle (Ireland)
Mount Eagle () is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland. Geography The mountain is part of Mountains of the Central Dingle Peninsula and is the 419th highest in Ireland. Mount Eagle is located not faraway from Slea Head (Ceann Sléibhe), the most south-westerly point of the peninsula, and is connected with Mount Brandon by a ridge of lower hills. On the mountain's top stands a trig point. History The mountain summit was the first European bit of land seen by Charles Lindbergh after his 1927 plane voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Access to the summit Mount Eagle summit can be reached with a medium walk from Ventry Harbour. From the top of the mountain there is a good view of the neighbouring coast and the Blasket Islands. See also *List of mountains in Ireland * List of Marilyns in Ireland References External links Map of a looped walk to Mount Eagle {{Mountains and hills of County Kerry Mountains and hills of County Kerry Marilyns of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eagle (Scotland) , Chile, Mount Eagle in English
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Mount Eagle or Mounteagle may refer to: *Mount Eagle (plantation), historic plantation in Virginia, USA * Mount Eagle (U.S. Virgin Islands), highest summit on Island of Saint Croix *Mount Eagle (Ireland) (''Sliabh an Iolair''), 516m, a Marilyn in the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland * Mount Eagle (Scotland), 256m, a Marilyn on the Black Isle, Scotland **Mounteagle transmitting station, on the top of this hill * Mount Eagle (Chile) Chilean town * Mount Eagle, Pennsylvania *Eaglemont, Victoria, formerly named Mount Eagle See also * Monteagle (other) * Monte Águila Monte Águila () is a Chilean town in the Bío Bío Region, Bio Bio Region. Its population is 6,574. Toponymy According to the aboriginal account of the area that lived in the first half of the twentieth century, the name "Monte Águila" comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Marilyns In The Northern Highlands
This is a list of Marilyn hills and mountains in the United Kingdom, Ireland and surrounding islands and sea stacks. Marilyns are defined as peaks with a prominence of or more, regardless of height or any other merit (e.g. topographic isolation, as used in Munros). Thus, Marilyns can be mountains, with a height above , or relatively small hills. there were 2,010 recorded Marilyns. Definition The Marilyn classification was created by Alan Dawson in his 1992 book ''The Relative Hills of Britain''. The name Marilyn was coined by Dawson as a punning contrast to the ''Munro'' classification of Scottish mountains above , but which has no explicit prominence threshold, being homophonous with (Marilyn) ''Monroe''. The list of Marilyns was extended to Ireland by Clem Clements. Marilyn was the first of several subsequent British Isles classifications that rely solely on prominence, including the P600s, the HuMPs, and the TuMPs. Topographic prominence is more difficult to estimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounteagle Transmitting Station
The Mounteagle transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the town of Fortrose, Scotland, in Highland (). It includes a high guyed steel lattice mast. It is owned and operated by Arqiva. Coverage Coverage includes the areas around the Moray Firth, in the Highland region of Scotland, including up to Helmsdale in the north, Elgin to the east, Dingwall to the west and the northern shores of Loch Ness to the south. This also includes the city of Inverness. History The station was built in 1961 by the Independent Television Authority to bring ITV to North East Scotland for the first time. Inaugural broadcasts were from the ITV franchise holder for the area, Grampian Television. 405-line monochrome transmissions were on channel 12, Band III VHF. The station was also the first in the area to broadcast television using Band III. When colour UHF television began in 1969, the nearby BBC owned station at Rosemarkie was chosen over Mounte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eagle (Chile) , Chile, Mount Eagle in English
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Mount Eagle or Mounteagle may refer to: *Mount Eagle (plantation), historic plantation in Virginia, USA * Mount Eagle (U.S. Virgin Islands), highest summit on Island of Saint Croix *Mount Eagle (Ireland) (''Sliabh an Iolair''), 516m, a Marilyn in the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland *Mount Eagle (Scotland), 256m, a Marilyn on the Black Isle, Scotland **Mounteagle transmitting station, on the top of this hill * Mount Eagle (Chile) Chilean town * Mount Eagle, Pennsylvania *Eaglemont, Victoria, formerly named Mount Eagle See also * Monteagle (other) * Monte Águila Monte Águila () is a Chilean town in the Bío Bío Region, Bio Bio Region. Its population is 6,574. Toponymy According to the aboriginal account of the area that lived in the first half of the twentieth century, the name "Monte Águila" comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Eagle, Pennsylvania
Mount Eagle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 103. It is located near the southern corner of Howard Township along Old Route 220, to the southeast of Bald Eagle Creek where it flows into Foster J. Sayers Lake. The long ridge of Bald Eagle Mountain is to the southeast of the town. Old Route 220 dead-ends a short distance to the northeast, where its former route is now inundated by the lake, so the only road access is to the southwest through Boggs Township. The borough of Howard Howard is a masculine given name derived from the English surname Howard. ''The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'' notes that "the use of this surname as a christian name is quite recent and there seems to be no particular reason for ... is to the northeast but by road. Demographics References {{authority control Census-designated places in Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eaglemont, Victoria
Eaglemont is an established suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area. Eaglemont recorded a population of 3,960 at the 2021 census. Formerly known as Mount Eagle, Eaglemont is a picturesque enclave situated between Ivanhoe East and Heidelberg. The heritage-laden garden suburb was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, and was home to many of Australia's most famous impressionist artists. Walking distance to private schools, the Yarra River, parks, walking trails, shopping centres and a public golf course, the median house prices in Eaglemont remain amongst the highest in Melbourne, with few properties up for sale. History Two properties were built in the area in the 1840s; "Leighton" was built by the Bolden brothers, whilst "Hartlands" was built by novelist S. J. Browne. "Hartlands" was located on the elevated region known as Mount Eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteagle (other)
Monteagle may refer to : * Monteagle, Tennessee * Monteagle, New South Wales, a small town in Hilltops Council * Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle (died 1523) High Sheriff of Lancashire, 1485–1497 * William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle (1575–1622), English peer, involved in the arrest of the Gunpowder plotters * Baron Monteagle Baron Monteagle or Baron Mount Eagle is a title that has been created three times; in the Peerage of England, in the Peerage of Ireland and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, in the Peerage of England, was in 1514 when Edwa ... or Baron Mount Eagle, a title that has been created three times: in the Peerage of England, in the Peerage of Ireland and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * Baron Monteagle of Brandon, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1839 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
