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What is a whaleback?

What is a whaleback? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
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You can't see one side of the valley from the other, because the view is blocked by the big bare whaleback of Samitos mountain at the centre of the circle.
The waterfall, trackway and the whaleback of rock made it a key location in the landscape.
The five-peak enchainment encompassed Black Tooth, Woolsey, the Gargoyle, Innominate, and the whaleback of Cloud Peak.
Linking the high tops of Sgor Gaoith and Sguran Dubh Mor, the ridge continues northwards before swelling into a broad whaleback above Rothiemurchus.
Ranchers and environmentalists are again coming together to fight a proposal to drill for oil and gas in southern Alberta, this time near the protected Whaleback region.
Head east now over a broad whaleback to the cairn at 829m, the summit of Brown Cow Hill.

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