Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)
For the Little Allegheny Mountain summit (2,165 feet) in Maryland, see Dans Mountain.
For other mountains with a similar name, see Allegheny Mountain (disambiguation).
Allegheny Mountain | |
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Allegheny Ridge | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Grandview Summit (Eastern Continental Divide) |
Elevation | 3,010.3 ft (917.5 m) [1]:a |
Coordinates | 40°3′29″N 78°45′29″W / 40.05806°N 78.75806°WCoordinates: 40°3′29″N 78°45′29″W / 40.05806°N 78.75806°W |
Geography | |
Allegheny Mountain Allegheny Mountain is a northern portion of the range of Allegheny Mountains | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Counties | Bedford, Cambria and Somerset |
Parent range | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the Allegheny Mountains |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alleghenian orogeny |
Type of rock | Carboniferous[2] |
Allegheny Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge that extends northeast to southwest from south of Blue Knob (Pennsylvania) to a saddle point at the Savage Mountain anticline. It merges with Negro Mountain just north of the Cambria County line where the Berlin-Salisbury basin expires .
- Eastern Continental Divide (ECD)
- The ECD enters Allegheny Mountain south of Fraziers Pass and follows the Allegheny Backbone southwest where it leaves the escarpment toward the saddle point to the southeast between headwaters of Flaugherty and Wills Creeks, at which the ECD enters the Savage Mountain anticline.
References
- ↑ "GISDATA Map Studio". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- a. "USGS Elevation Web Service Query". Retrieved 2009-12-03.: 1) Y_Value=40.058056&X_Value=-78.758056 ... 3010.25951315412
- b. quadrangle maps, 1:24,000, 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic): 1) Berlin, Pennsylvania, 2) Cumberland, Maryland-Pennsylvania-West Virginia
- ↑ Stevenson, J. J (1882). The Geology of Bedford and Fulton Counties. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report of Progress Volume 2. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ Hage, Hother (1839). Report of Hother Hage Chambersburg and Pittsburgh Survey. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. p. 113. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- 1 2 Google Maps, Maps.Google.com Savage Mountain (PA), Sand Patch Tunnel, Little Savage Mountain
- ↑ "Mountain Peaks and Summit Names". MountainPeaks.net. Retrieved 2009-11-29. Savage Mountain PA
Allegheny Plateau (Laurel Mountain) | Allegheny Plateau | Allegheny Front | ||
Wills Mountain | ||||
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Allegheny Plateau (Negro Mountain) | Savage Mountain (Meadow Mountain area) | Savage Mountain (Big Savage Mountain area) |
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