Allegheny Mountain (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]

Allegheny Mountain
Allegheny Ridge[1]
Highest point
PeakGrandview Summit, Eastern Continental Divide
Elevation3,010.3 ft (917.5 m)[2]: a 
Coordinates40°3′29″N 78°45′29″W / 40.05806°N 78.75806°W / 40.05806; -78.75806
Geography
Allegheny Mountain is located in Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountain
Allegheny Mountain
Allegheny Mountain is a northern portion of the range of Allegheny Mountains
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesBedford, Cambria and Somerset
Parent rangeRidge-and-Valley Appalachians of the Allegheny Mountains
Geology
OrogenyAlleghenian orogeny
Type of rockCarboniferous[3]
Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)
Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)
Eastern Continental Divide points of Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)

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]: 9 

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