Allegheny Mountain | |
Other Name: | Allegheny Ridge[1] |
Parent: | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the Allegheny Mountains |
Country: | United States |
Subdivision1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision2 Type: | Counties |
Elevation Imperial: | 2782 |
Range Coordinates: | 40.0692°N -78.7644°W --> |
Highest: | Grandview Summit |
Highest Location: | Eastern Continental Divide |
Coordinates: | 40.0581°N -78.7581°W |
Elevation Ft: | 3010.3 |
Elevation Ref: | [2] |
Orogeny: | Alleghenian orogeny |
Geology: | Carboniferous[3] |
Map: | Pennsylvania |
Allegheny Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge that extends northeast to southwest from south of Blue Knob 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.[4]
The Eastern Continental Divide enters Allegheny Mountain south of Fraziers Pass and follows the Allegheny Backbone[5] 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.[4]
a. Web site: USGS Elevation Web Service Query . 2009-12-03 . : 1) Y_Value=40.058056&X_Value=-78.758056 ... 3010.25951315412 :b. : 1) Berlin, Pennsylvania, 2) Cumberland, Maryland-Pennsylvania-West Virginia