List of mountains named The Sleeping Lady

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"La India Dormida" (The Sleeping Indian Woman) in El Valle de Anton, Panama. LaIndiaDormida.jpg
"La India Dormida" (The Sleeping Indian Woman) in El Valle de Anton, Panama.

The Sleeping woman is a name or nickname for certain mountain formations located in different places in the world that are said to look like a reclining or deceased woman in the local tradition.

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Ranges by the name of "The Sleeping Lady"

Similarly named mountains

Ranges by the name of The Sleeping or the Dead Lady

Sleeping Lady from Anchorage, Alaska at dusk Sleeping Lady dusk.jpg
Sleeping Lady from Anchorage, Alaska at dusk
View of La Mujer Muerta, "the dead woman", Segovia, Spain. Valle del Moros.JPG
View of La Mujer Muerta, "the dead woman", Segovia, Spain.
View of Pumarinri (La Bella Durmiente) in Peru. Bella Durmiente TM-Peru-1.jpg
View of Pumarinri (La Bella Durmiente) in Peru.

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References

  1. The Legend of Timpanogos Archived 2018-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Algérie, les guides bleus , Hachette, Paris, 1974, p. 197
  3. Kong Rei Mountain
  4. Western Mountain Forest Reserve. Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Danxia Range - Sleeping Maiden Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Clammer, Paul (2009). Morocco p.192. Lonely Planet. p. 536. ISBN   9781741049718.