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 | |
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Allegheny Ridge[1] | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Grandview Summit, Eastern Continental Divide |
Elevation | 3,010.3 ft (917.5 m)[2]: a |
Coordinates | 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 | |
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[3] |
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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