Dor, or MONT DORE (often written less properly Mont d'Or), a chain of mountains in France comprised in the great group of the Auvergne (q.v.) Mountains in the department of Puy-de-Dôme. They are clearly of volcanic formation, and rise in the Puy-de-Sancy, which is the highest peak of Central France, to the height of 6190 feet.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 59
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