- For other mountains with a similar name, see Allegheny Mountain (disambiguation).
| Allegheny Mountain | |
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| Allegheny Ridge | |
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike |
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| 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°W |
| Geography | |
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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[1] |
Allegheny Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge that extends northeast to southwest from south of Blue Knob (Pennsylvania)[specify] 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].
- Eastern Continental Divide (ECD)
- The ECD enters Allegheny Mountain south of Fraziers Pass and follows the Allegheny Backbone [2] 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.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Stevenson, J. J (1882). "The Geology of Bedford and Fulton Counties". Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report of Progress Volume 2. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ^ Hage, Hother. Report of Hother Hage: Chambersburg and Pittsburgh Survey. p. 113. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ a b 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
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Allegheny Plateau (Laurel Mountain) | Allegheny Plateau | [specify] | ![]() |
| 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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