Mount Dobson is the common name for Dobson Peak as a result of being used for the name of a ski resort near Fairlie in South Canterbury, South Island of...
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Dobsonian telescope (redirect from Dobson telescope)
A Dobsonian telescope is an altazimuth-mounted Newtonian telescope design popularized by John Dobson in 1965 and credited with vastly increasing the size...
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Mississippi, US Dobson, North Carolina, US Mount Dobson, New Zealand Dobson, New Zealand Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v. Dobson, [1999] 2 S.C.R. 753...
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Two Thumb Range (redirect from Mount Hope (New Zealand))
southern end of the range contains one of Canterbury's main skifields, Mount Dobson. An eastern spur of the Southern Alps, the Two Thumb Range runs in a...
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drive unit (first diesel, then electric) sitting on rollers within a frame mounted to a dynamic cable counterweight, presumably to take up the slack from...
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tourists and skiers. The Ōhau skifield near Omarama, and Roundhill and Mount Dobson Ski Areas at Lake Tekapo, are small commercial skifields popular amongst...
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John Lowry Dobson (14 September 1915 – 15 January 2014) was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost...
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skifield) Invincible Snowfields (helicopter access only) Mount Dobson Mount Hutt Mount Lyford Mount Potts (heliskiing and snowcatting only) Ōhau Porters Ski...
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metres (627 ft) Mount Dobson (12°40′13″S 143°13′11″E / 12.6702°S 143.2197°E / -12.6702; 143.2197 (Mount Dobson)) 461 metres (1,512 ft) Mount Tozer (12°45′09″S...
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skifield) Mount Cheeseman (club skifield) Mount Olympus (club skifield) Fox Peak (club skifield) Hanmer Springs Ski Area (club skifield) Mount Dobson Mount Hutt...
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from north to south. They include New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook, at 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). The high Kaikōura Ranges lie to the...
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Surry County, North Carolina (redirect from Mount Airy, NC μSA)
population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest community is Mount Airy. Surry county comprises the Mount Airy, NC Micropolitan Statistical...
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are three skifields within the MacKenzie Basin; Ōhau, Round Hill, and Mount Dobson. Omarama is on the route of the Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail, after the...
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not far from Burkes Pass, and is a 20 kilometres (12 mi) drive from Mount Dobson ski field. Kimbell was named after Frederick J. Kimbell, who purchased...
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Thumb mountain range. There are two ski fields close located nearby. Mount Dobson Ski Field is 28 km drive from Fairlie, as is Fox Peak Ski Field. The...
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Winter Games as a demonstrative event. During the 2011 Rugby World Cup Mount Dobson hosted a "20 Below Rugby in the Snow" seven-a-side tournament. Tournaments...
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The Dobson River (Māori: Ōtaao) is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. It flows south between the Neumann and Ohau ranges for 45 kilometres (28 mi)...
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Founded by Harmon Dobson and Paul Burton, it opened its first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1950. Family-owned by the Dobsons until 2019, the chain...
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overlooks Upper Florentine Valley and is a 7.5 hour return walk from Lake Dobson. Mount Field West rises to 1,434 metres (4,705 ft) above sea level, making...
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Alonzo Dillard Folger (category People from Dobson, North Carolina)
He was admitted to the bar and opened a law practice in Dobson in 1914, relocating to Mount Airy to practice law there. From 1932 to 1938, he was a trustee...
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contained within Mount Field National Park. The C609 route (Lake Dobson Road) enters from the east and runs generally west to Lake Dobson, where it terminates...
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out to Mutitjulu and King's Canyon. Arrernte language Veronica Perrule Dobson HMAS Arunta Margaret Kemarre Turner Spirituality & mythology Altjira Inapertwa...
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telescopes: Altazimuth mounts are cheap and simple to use. Dobsonian telescopes: John Dobson popularized a simplified altazimuth mount design for Newtonian...
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border between Otago and Canterbury. The river's main tributary is the Dobson River. "Place name detail: Hopkins River". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information...
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1975) is an English actress who first garnered attention playing Nicola Dobson in the coming-of-age BBC drama series Byker Grove (1989–1992). She became...
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slopes of Mount Hopkins, notably the Landsborough River to the west, the Dobson River to the east, and Hopkins River to the south. At Mount Hopkins, the...
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Walks from the Lake Dobson car park include: The Ski Lodge and Lake Seal lookout, one hour return Seagers Lookout, two hours return Mount Field East via Lake...
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in 1901, Folger opened a law practice in Dobson, North Carolina. He was elected mayor of the town of Mount Airy, North Carolina from 1909, serving until...
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Climbnz.org, Retrieved 26 December 2024. Mount Edgar Thomson, New Zealand Gazetteer, Retrieved 26 December 2024. Dobson River, New Zealand Gazetteer, Retrieved...
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Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson (9 September 1841 – 5 March 1934) was a New Zealand surveyor, engineer and explorer. Born in London, he came to Lyttelton, New...
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