Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania)
Allegheny Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge that extends northeast to southwest from south of Blue Knob to a saddle point at the Savage Mountain anticline. It merges with Negro Mountain just north of the Cambria County line where the Berlin-Salisbury basin expires.
| Allegheny Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Allegheny Ridge | |
Allegheny Mountain Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Grandview Summit, Eastern Continental Divide |
| Elevation | 3,010.3 ft (917.5 m): a |
| Coordinates | 40°3′29″N 78°45′29″W |
| Geography | |
Allegheny Mountain Allegheny Mountain is a northern portion of the range of Allegheny Mountains | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Bedford, Cambria and Somerset |
| Parent range | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of the Allegheny Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alleghenian orogeny |
| Type of rock | Carboniferous |
Eastern Continental Divide points of Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) | |
The Eastern Continental Divide enters Allegheny Mountain south of Fraziers Pass and follows the Allegheny Backbone southwest where it leaves the escarpment toward the saddle point to the southeast between headwaters of Flaugherty and Wills Creeks, at which the ECD enters the Savage Mountain anticline.: 9
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