Mitchell, Mount

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Mitchell, Mount, peak, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, W N.C., in the Black Mts. of the Appalachian system; highest peak E of the Mississippi River.

Mitchell, Mount

Peak, western North Carolina, U.S. The highest U.S. peak east of the Mississippi River, it rises to 6,684 ft (2,037 m). It is situated in North Carolina's Black Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge system, within Mount Mitchell State Park and the Pisgah National Forest. Formerly called Black Dome, it was renamed for Elisha Mitchell, who surveyed it as the highest point in the eastern U.S. in 1835; he died on the mountain and is buried at its summit.

Mitchell, Mount

a peak in the Black Mountains, a spur of the Blue Ridge. It is the highest peak in the Appalachian system. Elevation, 2,037 m. Mount Mitchell is composed of quartzites. Coniferous forests cover the slopes, and there are meadows on the peak.

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