Mount Cabot is a

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located in Coos County, in the

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. The mountain is the highest peak of the

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of the White Mountains. Cabot is flanked to the northeast by

The Bulge The Bulge is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. The Bulge is flanked to the northeast by The Horn, and to the southwest by Mount Cabot. The Bulge stands with ...

, and to the south of Bunnell Notch by Terrace Mountain. Mount Cabot was named in honor of the Italian explorer Sebastian Cabot.Smith, Steven D., and Mike Dickerman. ''The 4000 Footers of the White Mountains''. Bondcliff Books, 2015. Cabot is drained by various brooks on the west side into the

Israel River Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and on the east into the

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of the

Upper Ammonoosuc River The Upper Ammonoosuc River is a tributary of the Connecticut River that flows through Coös County in the northern part of the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire. Despite its name, the river is not an upstream portion of the Ammonoosuc Riv ...

, and thence into the

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and

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. Cabot is one of the

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's "

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", the northernmost in New Hampshire. It is also on the

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list of the most

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peaks. The valley of the Israel River separates the Pilot Range from the rest of the White Mountains; Mt. Cabot's relative isolation gives it the fifth-highest

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in New Hampshire, and the fourteenth-highest in New England.

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"Hiking Mount Cabot"
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