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Mount Mitchell (other) , North Carolina, United States
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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), an American survey ship See also *Mount Mitchill, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States *Mitchell Peak (other) * Mount Mitchell State Park Mount Mitchell State Park is a North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. By doing so, it also established the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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. 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 The Cherokee people, who long occupied this area as part of their homeland, called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchell (Antarctica)
Mount Mitchell is a mountain, high, standing southwest of Cape Goldie in the northern part of the Holland Range, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from tellurometer surveys (1961–62) and Navy air photos (1960), and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander G.W. Mitchell, Commanding Officer of the during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ... in 1964. References Mountains of the Ross Dependency Shackleton Coast {{ShackletonCoast-geo-stub ... [...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 the top o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Hill
Mitchell may refer to: People *Mitchell (surname) *Mitchell (given name) 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 Australian 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 * Mitchell Island (Nunavut) United Kingdom * Mitchell, Cornwall, a village * Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency) United S ... [...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 and Mitchell Lobb, who were engineers 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,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> ... to the Banff-Jasper boundary. References Three-thousanders of Alberta Winston Churchill Range Mountains of Jasper National Park {{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 name for Roy Mitchell, a veteran of World War I who died fighting a wild fire Wildfire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural areas. Wildfire or Wild Fire may also refer to: People * "Wildfire", Chippewa name of sculptor Edmonia Lewis (c. 1844–1907) Arts, entertainment, a .... 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 and Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United St ..., 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). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mitchill
Mount Mitchill in Atlantic Highlands, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, at , 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 and is near the |
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] |
