Mount Minsi | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,461 ft (445 m)[1] |
Prominence | 181 ft (55 m)[1] |
Parent peak | Kittatinny Mountain in Warren County, New Jersey, U.S.[1] |
Coordinates | 40°57′33″N 75°07′48″W / 40.95917°N 75.13000°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location of Mount Minsi in Pennsylvania | |
Location | Delaware Water Gap in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Parent range | Blue Mountain[1] |
Topo map | USGS 7½' Stroudsburg[2] |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Silurian |
Mountain type | Sedimentary |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Appalachian Trail (hike) |
Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation.[3]