Mount Aeolus (Vermont)

{{Short description|Mountain in Vermont, United States}}

{{Other places|Mount Aeolus (disambiguation){{!}}Mount Aeolus}}

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| range = Taconic Range

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| location = Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont

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Mount Aeolus is a mountain summit in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Mount Aeolus is one of the Taconic Mountains. It lies {{convert|1.5|mi}} west of the community of East Dorset.

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Name

Its name is derived from Aeolus, the Greek god of the wind. The Board on Geographic Names ruled in favor of the current name in 1986; prior to that time, the mountain had been referred to as "Mount Eolus" and "Green Peak".

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{{Mountains of Vermont}}

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Category:Mountains of Vermont

Category:Mountains of Bennington County, Vermont