Broad Mountain (Pennsylvania)
| Broad Mountain[1] | |
|---|---|
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USGS relief: The "Barrier Wall" of Broad Mountain (center Landform) and the Terrains it dominates west of the Lehigh Gorge and north of Tamaqua, Nesquehoning and Jim Thorpe, PA | |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 14–15.0 mi (22.5–24.1 km) east-west |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Borders on | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Nesquehoning Creek and Upper Lehigh River at lower Lehigh Gorge |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Silurian?? |
| Type of rock | Tuscarora Formation?? and Shawangunk Formation; sedimentary |
Broad Mountain or Broad Ridge in Carbon County Pennsylvania|Eastern Pennsylvania is a steep faced, anthracite bearing barrier ridge just south and west of the Poconos. Oriented East-West and flanked in its south by Nesquehoning Creek the ridgeline extends 14 miles (23 km)[2] from the right bank of the Lehigh Gorge to the left bank of the Little Schuylkill River near the railroad junctions at Hometown, PA and Delano, PA.
See also
References
- [ USGS GNIS System Broad Mountain Pennsylvania]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Broad Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ Approximate, parallel and similar distance as Jim Thorpe to Tamaqua cited in Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
External links
- TBDL
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