1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens x. 466 Lo, distant far another mountain chain Rears its rude cliffs.
1813 R. Bakewell 57 The most extensive mountain chains have a northern and southern direction.
1872 C. King i. 1 A succession of mountain chains folded in broad corrugations.
1996 K. S. Robinson 48 There were rainshadows downwind of high volcanoes or mountain chains.