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Mount Mitchell (other)
Mount Mitchell in North Carolina, United States, is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains. Mount Mitchell may also refer to: Landforms * Mount Mitchell (Antarctica) * Mount Mitchell (Queensland), Australia * Mitchell Hill, above Henry River (New South Wales), Australia * Mount Mitchell (Alberta), in Jasper National Park of Canada * Mount Mitchell (British Columbia) on Vancouver Island, Canada * Mount Mitchell (Oregon), United States * Mount Mitchell (Washington), United States Other uses * NOAAS Mount Mitchell (S 222), NOAAS ''Mount Mitchell'' (S 222), an American survey ship See also *Mount Mitchill, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States *Mitchell Peak (other) * Mount Mitchell State Park, North Carolina, United States {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell (''Attakulla'' in Cherokee) is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about northeast of Asheville. It is protected by Mount Mitchell State Park and surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. Mount Mitchell's elevation is above sea level. Mount Mitchell is ranked 31st by topographic isolation. Geography The peak is the highest mountain in the United States east of the Mississippi River, and the highest in all of eastern North America south of the Arctic Cordillera. The nearest higher peaks are in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the highland foothills of Colorado. The mountain's topographic isolation is calculated from the nearest discernible single higher point: Lone Butte, which is 1,189 miles (1,913 km) away in southeastern Colorado. History Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell (Antarctica)
The Holland Range () is a rugged coastal mountain range in the Ross Dependency, Antarctica, on the west coast of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is about long. Location The Holland Range lies just west of the Ross Ice Shelf and extends from Robb Glacier in the northeast to Lennox-King Glacier in the south. To the north of the range is the "island" that holds Cape Lyttelton. To the west, on the west side of Robb Glacier, is the Queen Elizabeth Range. To the south, across the Lennox-King Glacier, is the Queen Alexandra Range. The range was named by the Ross Sea Committee for Sir Sidney Holland, who as Prime Minister of New Zealand supported that nation's participation in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58). Glaciers The Robb Glacier flows from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie. It flows between the Queen Elizabeth Range to the west and the Holland Range to the east. To the north of Softbed Ridges it c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell (Queensland)
Mount Mitchell ( Aboriginal: ''Cooyinnirra''), is a twin-peaked volcanic mountain with an elevation above sea level of , located in the Main Range, is about west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and immediately south of Cunninghams Gap. Features and history The peak to the south of the gap was named by Allan Cunningham in 1828 and today is part of the Main Range National Park. Cunningham named the mountain after the Surveyor-General, Thomas Mitchell. To the north of Cunninghams Gap is Mount Cordeaux, while Spicers Peak is located a small distance to the south east. A trail, classified as grade 4, winds up to the main summit which offers some great views. From the peak on a clear day the tallest buildings in Brisbane can be seen, as can the D'Aguilar Range, Teviot Range, Fassifern Valley and many other parts of the Scenic Rim. At the top of mountain there are sheer cliff edges. Gallery Cunningham Highway from Mount Mitchell.jpg, Cunningham Highway viewed from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Hill
Mitchell may refer to: People and fictional characters *Mitchell (surname), including lists of both people and fictional characters *Mitchell (given name), lists of people and fictional characters Places Australia * Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate * Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst * Mitchell, Northern Territory, a suburb of Palmerston * Mitchell, Queensland, a town * Mitchell, South Australia, on lower Eyre Peninsula * Division of Mitchell, a federal electoral division in north-west Sydney, New South Wales * Electoral district of Mitchell (Queensland), a former electoral district * Electoral district of Mitchell (South Australia), a state electoral district * Electoral district of Mitchell (Western Australia) a state electoral district * Shire of Mitchell, a local government area in Victoria Canada * Mitchell, Ontario * Mitchell, Manitoba, an unincorporated community * Mitchell Island, British Columbia * Mit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry River (New South Wales)
Henry River, a perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Henry River rises below Mitchell Hill, on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Bald Nob and flows generally east and north, before reaching its confluence with the Mann River, near Newton Boyd. The river descends over its course; and flows through the Mann River Nature Reserve. See also * Rivers of New South Wales This page discusses the rivers and hydrography of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from nor ... References Rivers of New South Wales Northern Tablelands {{NewSouthWales-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell (Alberta)
Mount Mitchell is a mountain located within the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, Canada, southeast of Mount Morden Long. Mt. Mitchell was named in 1970 for J.H. Mitchell who was an engineer for the Department of the Interior. Mitchell oversaw the construction of the Icefields Parkway from Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ... to the Banff-Jasper boundary. References Winston Churchill Range Mountains of Jasper National Park Three-thousanders of Alberta {{AlbertaRockies-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell (British Columbia)
Mount Mitchell is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located west of Courtenay and northwest of Mount Albert Edward. in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia See also *List of mountains of Canada
Most mountain peaks of Canada lie in the west, specifically in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Yukon. Mountains can be found all over British Columbia while those in Alberta are mainly situated on the eastern side of the Canadian Rockies. The ...
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Mount Mitchell (Oregon)
Mount Mitchell is a mountain in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located southwest of Mount Hood in the Roaring River Wilderness on the Mount Hood National Forest. The mountain was named for Roy Mitchell, a veteran of World War I who died fighting a wild fire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia), desert .... Prior to 1923 the mountain had been known as Oak Grove mountain although there were no oak trees on the mountain. References Cascade Range Mountains of Oregon Mountains of Clackamas County, Oregon {{ClackamasCountyOR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell (Washington)
Mount Mitchell is a mountain located in Skamania County in Washington state. On a clear day the summit provides excellent views of four of the Cascade's most massive volcanoes: Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount Hood Mount Hood, also known as Wy'east, is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and is a member of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast and rests in the Pacific N ... and Mount St. Helens, which rises to the north. References External links * * Mountains of Washington (state) Mountains of Skamania County, Washington {{SkamaniaCountyWA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NOAAS Mount Mitchell (S 222)
NOAAS ''Mount Mitchell'' (S 222) was an American survey vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 1970 to 1995. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as USC&GS ''Mount Mitchell'' (MSS 22) from 1968 to 1970. In 2003, she returned to service as the private research ship R/V ''Mt. Mitchell''. Construction and commissioning ''Mount Mitchell'' was built for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as a "medium survey ship" (MSS) at the Aerojet-General Shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida. Launched on 29 November 1966, she was commissioned into the Coast and Geodetic Survey in March 1968 as USC&GS ''Mount Mitchell'' (MSS 22). When the Survey merged with other organizations to form NOAA in 1970, she became part of the NOAA fleet as NOAAS ''Mount Mitchell'' (S 222). She is the sister ship of and , which are both still in service with NOAA. USC&GS and NOAAS ''Mount Mitchell'', 1968–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchill
Mount Mitchill is located in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Standing at , it is the highest headland of the United States east coast south of Maine.NYC Regional Geology: Atlantic Coastal Plain USGS, 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-05. It has a panoramic view of , and Sandy Hook and is near the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Peak (other)
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Mitchell Peak may refer to: * Mitchell Peak (Antarctica), a mountain in Antarctica. * Mitchell Peak (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA See also *Mount Mitchell (other) Mount Mitchell in North Carolina, United States, is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains. Mount Mitchell may also refer to: Landforms * Mount Mitchell (Antarctica) * Mount Mitchell (Queensland), Australia * Mitchell Hill, above Henry Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
