Adirondack Mountains
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The Adirondack Mountains are a massif of mountains in Northeastern New York State which form a circular dome approximately 160 miles wide and covering about 5,000 square miles. The region contains mor
The Adirondack Mountains seen in winter
Green diopside and gray/white calcite in marble from the Adirondack Mountains
Whiteface Mountain (1,483 m or 4,867 ft) is the fifth-highest mountain in New York, and one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains.
The Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York form the southernmost zone in the Eastern forest-boreal transition ecoregion of North America
Appalachian Mountains
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The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 mi from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest–northeast axis. Along
Adirondack Mountains
…hot spot in the Canadian Shield, in contrast to other mountain ranges in New York which were created in the Alleghenian Orogeny and are a part of the Appalachian chain (not to be confused with the cultural region of Appalachia). Around 600 million years ago, as Laurentia drifted away from Baltica (European Craton…
The Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian chain, near Sparta, North Carolina
The hills of the Notre Dame Mountains in Quebec, Canada
The Appalachian Trail at Mount Minsi in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley
The Appalachian Mountains seen from the International Space Station