Allegheny Mountain | |
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Allegheny Ridge | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Grandview Summit (Eastern Continental Divide) |
Elevation | 3,010.3 ft (917.5 m) |
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 is a northern portion of the range of Allegheny Mountains
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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 |
Eastern Continental Divide points of Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)
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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 [1].