Three Top Mountain (North Carolina)
Three Top Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 5,020[1] ft (1,530 m)[2] |
Prominence | 1,269 feet (387 m)[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Ashe County, North Carolina, U.S. |
Parent range | Blue Ridge Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Warrensville |
Three Top Mountain (variant names: Three Tops) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, located west of the town of West Jefferson. Its elevation reaches 5,020 feet (1,530 m)[4] at its highest peak, unofficially named "Big Rock."[5] Three Top also has ten other sub-peaks of varying height.
The mountain generates feeder streams to the North Fork New River.
References
- ^ http://listsofjohn.com/searchres?c=983
- ^ a b "Three Top Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ "Three Top Mountain - Peakbagger.com". Retrieved 2011-09-11.
- ^ http://listsofjohn.com/searchres?c=983
- ^ http://www.summitpost.org/three-top-mountain/252741