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1171:See also:
1166:Wagon Knob
1141:Blue Mound
1035:Chalk Hill
912:Pilot Knob
786:2008-12-15
761:2012-10-11
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707:2008-01-24
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359:Piankeshaw
337:Weathering
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260:U.S. state
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62:Prominence
1470:Wisconsin
1435:Tennessee
1340:Minnesota
1315:Louisiana
1151:Bone Hill
1136:Bird Hill
1111:Lead Hill
1096:Bobs Knob
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965:Bain Hill
366:prominent
348:sediments
321:Paleozoic
284:mountains
123:Geography
52:Elevation
1500:District
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1405:Oklahoma
1385:New York
1360:Nebraska
1350:Missouri
1335:Michigan
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1310:Kentucky
1290:Illinois
1265:Delaware
1255:Colorado
1245:Arkansas
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197:Climbing
185:Topo map
1475:Wyoming
1450:Vermont
1355:Montana
1295:Indiana
1275:Georgia
1270:Florida
1240:Arizona
1230:Alabama
345:clastic
341:erosion
313:igneous
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254:in the
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1365:Nevada
1305:Kansas
1280:Hawaii
1235:Alaska
1222:States
1129:Others
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419:hikers
333:shales
331:, and
306:strata
295:Ozarks
1440:Texas
1320:Maine
1285:Idaho
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376:, in
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1445:Utah
1400:Ohio
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