Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)
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PeakGrandview Summit, Eastern Continental Divide
CountryUnited States
| Allegheny Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Ridge[1] | |
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| 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 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 |
| Rock type | Carboniferous[3] |
  Eastern Continental Divide points of 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]
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
