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Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell, known in Cherokee as Attakulla, is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland eastern North America. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville. It is protected by Mount Mitchell State Park and surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. Mount Mitchell's elevation is 6,684 feet (2,037 m) above sea level.
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Name: Mount Mitchell topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Mount Mitchell, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States (35.76491 -82.26517 35.76501 -82.26507)
Average elevation: 1,743 m
Minimum elevation: 1,355 m
Maximum elevation: 2,019 m
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Appalachian Mountains
United States > North Carolina > Yancey County
The Appalachian Mountains (French: Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky…
Average elevation: 1,463 m
