Nesquehoning Mountain[1] | |
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Nesquehoning Ridge[2] | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Lat/Lng:405000N 0755457W [1] |
Elevation | 1,535 ft (468 m) |
Coordinates | 40°50′0″N 75°54′57″W / 40.83333°N 75.91583°W |
Dimensions | |
Length | 25 mi (40 km) east-west |
Width | 1–2 km (0.62–1.24 mi) north-south |
Geography | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Borders on | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and Great Appalachian Valley |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Appalachian Mountains |
Age of rock | Silurian |
Type of rock | Tuscarora Formation and Shawangunk Formation; sedimentary |
Nesquehoning Mountain[3] or Nesquehoning Ridge[2] is a 15–17-mile-long (24–27 km) coal bearing ridge dividing the waters of Lehigh Valley to the north from the Schuylkill River valley and the several near parallel ridgelines of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians barrier range all local members of which run generally WSW-ENE in the greater overall area.
Nestled above a creek sculpted ravine across from the even less negotiable sides of Broad Mountain the flanks above Nesquehoning Creek reach a sharp bend cut by the water gap of the Lehigh River and merge with the ridge of Pisgah Ridge to the south into a common terminal mountain, Mount Pisgah within sight of the Poconos in a region once touted as "The Switzerland of America" along the eastern edge of the Southern Anthracite Region, all several ridge lines north of Blue Mountain,[4] which in part provides the source waters for Nesquehoning Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River in the Poconos in Northeastern Pennsylvania.