Black Mountain may refer to:

Places

Australia

Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory) Black Mountain, also known as Galambary to the Ngunnawal people, is a small mountain with an elevation of that is situated to the west of the Canberra central business district on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the Australian ...

, a mountain in Canberra *

Black Mountain, New South Wales Black Mountain is a village situated between Armidale and Guyra, located on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Situated within Armidale Regional Council, as at the , Black Mountain had a populatio ...

, a village in Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales * Black Mountain, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Noosa *

Kalkajaka National Park Kalkajaka National Park, also called Black Mountain National Park, is a protected area in Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. Geography The park is 25 km south west of Cooktown. It is managed and protected as a national park under the ...

also known as Black Mountain National Park, in Shire of Cook, Queensland

Canada

* Black Mountain, one of two named summits forming the

Cypress Mountain Ski Area Cypress Mountain is a ski area in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located in the southern section of Cypress Provincial Park, operated under a BC Parks Park Use Permit. The ski resort is a 30-minute drive north of downtown Vancouver, a ...

in West Vancouver, British Columbia * Black Mountain, a mountain near Horsefly Lake in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of British Columbia * Black Mountain, a summit west of the south end of

Shuswap Lake Shuswap Lake (pronounced /ˈʃuːʃwɑːp/) is a lake located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little Shuswap River into Little Shuswap Lake. Little Shuswap Lake is the source of the South Thompson River ...

in the Southern Interior of British Columbia * Black Mountain, a mountain on the east side of

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...

in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia * Dark Mountain, formerly known as Black Mountain, in the Cassiar Country of northern British Columbia * Coquihalla Mountain, formerly known as Black Mountain, in the Yale Division Yale Land District of southwestern British Columbia

India

* Kalapahar, Manipur, town in Manipur, India, literally Black Mountain

Iran

Arasbaran Arasbaran (), also known as Qaradagh (; , ; ), is a large mountainous area stretching from the Qūshā Dāgh massif, south of Ahar, to the Aras River in East Azerbaijan province of Iran. The region is confined to Aras Riv ...

, mountain range in Iran, known as Qaradagh (Black Mountain) in Azeri language **

Karadaghis Qaradaghis or Karadaghis, () are a Turkic sub-ethnic group of Azerbaijanis, mainly living in Southern Aras riverNihat Çetinkaya (1996). "Iğdır tarihi: tarih, yer adları ve bazı oymaklar üzerine". Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı. ss. ...

, Azeri tribe living in the region

Ireland

Clermont Carn Clermont Carn (), also known as Black Mountain, is a mountain that rises to in the Cooley Mountains of County Louth, Ireland. It is at the border with Northern Ireland, and is also the location of the Clermont Carn transmission site. The mounta ...

, County Louth, also known as Black Mountain

Montenegro

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, literal translation of the country's name ** Nickname of its national Basketball team

Pakistan

Tor Ghar Torghar District (, ) formerly known as Kala Dhaka (, English: Black Mountain) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was officially separated from Mansehra District in 2011 under Article 246 of ...

also known as Kala Dhaka, historically known as Black Mountain of Hazara **

The Black Mountain tribes The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar), is located in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Tor Ghar is a Pashto phrase which means Black (Tor) Mountain (Ghar). It is also called Kala Dhaka, which means the same thing as its Pu ...

Slovakia

Black Mountain, Slovakia Black Mountain ( , ) is a small mountain range in eastern Slovakia. It forms part of the Slovak Ore Mountains. The range is located roughly between the city of Košice to the southeast and the municipalities of Krompachy to the northwest and Kysa ...

, a mountain range in the Slovak Ore Mountains

Turkey

Nur Mountains The Nur Mountains (, "Mountains of Holy Light"), formerly known as Alma-Dağ, the ancient Mount Amanus (), medieval Black Mountain, or Jabal al-Lukkam in Arabic, is a mountain range in the Hatay Province of south-central Turkey. It begins sou ...

, historically known as the Black Mountain

United Kingdom

Black Mountain (Belfast) Black Mountain is a large hill which overlooks the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland. With a height of 1,275 ft (389 m),Walk NIDivis & Black Mountain it towers over most of west Belfast and is part of the Belfast Hills. Its name is probably ...

, a mountain beside Belfast, Northern Ireland **

Black Mountain (District Electoral Area) Black Mountain is a District Electoral Area used to elect 7 councillors to Belfast City Council. It is named after the Black Mountain. The district was created for the 2014 election. It combined 4 of the 6 wards from the abolished Upper Falls ...

Black Mountain transmitting station The Black Mountain transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated on Black Mountain to the west of the city of Belfast, on land above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level) in Northern Ireland (). It includes a gu ...

, a transmitter on top of the mountain *

Black Mountain (hill) The Black Mountain (), is a mountain in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh– English border, Powys and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west. Access The Black Mountain is the ...

, a 703-metre (2300') peak in the Black Mountains range, the only peak on the English-Welsh border *

Black Mountain (range) The Black Mountain () is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Its highest point is Fan Brycheinio ...

, a mountain range in South and West Wales *

Black Mountain, County Antrim Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''Psyc ...

, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

United States

''Listed alphabetically by state'' *

Black Mountain (Alaska) Black Mountain is a prominent, mountain summit located in the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains in southeast Alaska. The mountain is situated in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, northwest of Juneau, between the Riggs and McBride ...

, a summit in Glacier Bay National Park *

Black Mountain (Arizona) Black Mountain may refer to: Places Australia * Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory), a mountain in Canberra * Black Mountain, New South Wales, a village in Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales * Black Mountain, Queensland, a loca ...

, a peak in the

Little Ajo Mountains The Little Ajo Mountains is a mountain range in southern Arizona, in extreme western Pima County, Arizona. The city of Ajo sits on the northeast of this small mountain range. Both the mountain range and city take their name from the Spanish word ...

Black Mountain (Maricopa County, Arizona) Black Mountain is located in north-central Maricopa County, Arizona, between the towns of Carefree, Arizona, Carefree and Cave Creek, Arizona, Cave Creek. Geology The mountain is composed of two main rock types that are roughly divided betwee ...

, a mountain *

Black Mountain (Pima County, Arizona) Black Mountain is a lava capped mesa in Pima County, Arizona, that rises 1,000 feet above its base to an altitude of . It is a northeast trending ridge, 5,600 feet in length, located along Mission Road nine miles southwest of Tucson. It is on th ...

, a mountain * Black Mountain (Fresno County, California), a ridge * Black Mountain (Inyo and Fresno counties, California), on Sierra crest *Black Mountain (Kern County, California), a mountain in the

El Paso Mountains The El Paso Mountains are located in the northern Mojave Desert, in central Southern California in the Western United States. Geography The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction east of State Route 14, and north of the Rand Mountains ...

, Mojave Desert *

Black Mountain (Mono County, California) Black Mountain is an summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County, California, Mono County of northern California, United States. The mountain is set within the Hoover Wilderness, on the common boundary shared by Inyo Natio ...

, a summit in Hoover Wilderness * Black Mountain (San Benito County, California), a summit * Black Mountain Wilderness (San Bernardino County, California), a mesa and surrounding wilderness area in the Mojave Desert *

Black Mountain Open Space Park Black Mountain Open Space Park is a city park in the suburbs of San Diego, California. Description The park covers in the Black Mountain Ranch and Rancho Peñasquitos area of northern San Diego. The park offers numerous trails for hiking and b ...

, a summit within the city limits of San Diego * Black Mountain (San Diego County, California), a summit in San Diego County, but outside the San Diego city limits *

Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California) Black Mountain is a summit on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains of west Santa Clara County, California, south of Los Altos, California, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, California, Los Altos Hills, and west of Cupertino, California, Cu ...

, a summit on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains * Black Mountain Ranch, San Diego, California, a community in San Diego city's northeast **

, the community's city park *

Black Mountain (Milpitas, California) Black Mountain, also known as Mount Day, is a mountain in the Diablo Range of eastern Santa Clara County, California, east of Poverty Ridge and Arroyo Hondo, and about from Milpitas. The peak is one of the highest in area. The northern half ...

, in eastern Santa Clara County *Black Mountain (Marin County), a San Francisco Bay Area summit *Black Mountain and Little Black Mountain (Sonoma County), several San Francisco Bay Area summits * Black Mountain (Moffat County, Colorado), a mountain in Moffatt County * Black Mountain (Park County, Colorado), a mountain in Park County *

Black Mountain (Georgia) Black Mountain is located in Georgia USA on the boundary between Dawson and Gilmer counties. The summit is the highest point in Dawson County. It is in the Chattahoochee National Forest and is part of the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area. ...

, a mountain in Dawson County *

Black Mountain (Kentucky) Black Mountain is the highest mountain peak in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Kentucky, United States, with a summit elevation of above mean sea level and a top-to-bottom height of over . The summit is located at approximately ...

, highest point in the Commonwealth of Kentucky *

Black Mountain of Maine Black Mountain of Maine is a ski resort in Rumford, Maine, which is most famous for its Nordic skiing facilities, and has hosted several national cross-country skiing championships on its of trails. The downhill skiing area was expanded in 200 ...

, a ski area in Rumford, Maine * Black Mountain (Michigan), a large hill in Presque Isle County, Michigan *

Black Mountain (Missouri) Black Mountain is a summit in western Madison County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The peak has an elevation of . The St. Francis River flows past the east side of the mountain at an elevation of about 560 feet. Missouri Route E passes the east ...

, a summit in Madison County, Missouri * Black Mountain (Montana), a summit in Park County *

Black Mountain (Nevada) Black Mountain is a landmark mountain south of the Las Vegas Valley. It is one of the more prominent of the mountains in the McCullough Range. Another mountain, adjacent to Interstate 11 in Henderson, Nevada, Henderson, is often mistakenly calle ...

, a mountain in southern Nevada *

Black Mountain Ski Area Black Mountain Ski Area is an alpine ski area located in Jackson, New Hampshire, United States. First used in the mid-1930s, it has operated seasonally since shortly after World War II. Black Mountain offers terrain for all abilities, including ...

, a ski area in Jackson, New Hampshire * Black Mountain (Catron County, New Mexico), a mountain * Black Mountain (Hamilton County, New York), a mountain *

Black Mountain (Washington County, New York) Black Mountain is a mountain located in Washington County, New York, Washington County, New York (state), New York, of which its peak is the highest point. Isolated from the rest of the Adirondack Mountains by Lake George (lake), New York, Lake G ...

, a mountain *

Black Mountain, North Carolina Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,426 at the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Asheville metropolitan area. The town is named for the old train stop at the Black Mountai ...

, a town near Asheville, North Carolina **

Black Mountain College Black Mountain College was a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and several others. The coll ...

(1933–1957), a school founded in 1933 in Black Mountain, North Carolina **

Black Mountain poets The Black Mountain poets, also called projectivist poets, were a group of mid-20th-century American ''avant-garde'' or postmodern poets based at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. Historical background and definition Although it lasted ...

, sometimes called ''projectivist poets'', a group of mid-20th-century poets centered on Black Mountain College *

Black Mountain (Oregon) Black Mountain may refer to: Places Australia * Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory), a mountain in Canberra * Black Mountain, New South Wales, a village in Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales * Black Mountain, Queensland, a loca ...

, a mountain in the Blue Mountains and one of the highest points in Oregon * Black Mountain (Jeff Davis County, Texas), a summit in the Davis Mountains * Black Mountain (Washington), a summit in the Glacier Peak Wilderness *Black Mountain Conservation Area, a protected mountain in

Dummerston, Vermont Dummerston is a New England town, town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,865 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is home to the longest covered bridge still in use in Vermont. Its borders include three m ...

, abutting the West River *

Black Mountain (West Virginia) Black Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, United States. It is one of the Yew Mountains The Yew Mountains are a mountain ridge in Southern West Virginia that locally forms the boundary between the Allegheny Plateau to the northwest and the Ridg ...

, a summit in Pocahontas County

Entertainment

Black Mountain (band) Black Mountain is a Canadian psychedelic rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is composed of Stephen McBean, Jeremy Schmidt, Adam Bulgasem, Amber Webber, and Arjan Miranda. Since forming in 2004, Black Mountain has released five ...

, a Canadian psychedelic-rock band ** ''Black Mountain'' (album), a 2005 debut rock album by the band *"

Black Mountain Side "Black Mountain Side" is an instrumental by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, adapted, without credit, from Bert Jansch's original arrangement of the traditional Irish folk song "Down by Blackwaterside". It was recorded in October 1968 at Olym ...

", Jimmy Page guitar solo *''

Songs from Black Mountain ''Songs from Black Mountain'' is the eighth studio album by Live. It was released in most countries on April 10, 2006, but was released on May 9 in Canada, May 29 in the UK and June 6 in the US. It was their only release through Epic Records. ...

'', a 2006 album by the band Live *

, a group of mid-20th-century American postmodern poets * ''The Black Mountain'' (novel), a 1954 Nero Wolfe mystery novel by Rex Stout * ''The Black Mountain'' (film), a 1994 Chinese film by Zhou Xiaowen

Other

Battle of the Black Mountain A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

, a 1794 battle in Capmany, Catalonia, Spain * Black Mountain Monpa ('Olekha), an endangered Tibeto-Burman language of western Bhutan *

, a former private college in North Carolina (1933–1957) **'' Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community'', 1972 book by Martin Duberman about the college *

Kalapahar Kala Pahaṛ or Kalapahada (in Odia language) was a Bengali Muslim General of the Bengal Sultanate under the reigning Karrani Dynasty. According to traditional narratives pieced together since late 18th century, Kalapahaṛ was a Bengali Brahmin f ...

(), 16th-century Muslim general of the Bengal Sultanate