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Since we are on the discussion of state high points, here is one: what are the only two state highpoints whose summits are not contained within that state? In other words, the mountain summit is higher than the high point of the neighboring state.
I would say , for one , CA. and Nevada, the Sierra's ?. Not sure about the other.....
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Yes , you are correct !. Mt Mitchell is just off the Blue Ridge Parkway , where there are several mountains above or at 6,000 feet. Mitchel is 6684 feet. Snow is measured in feet, winds are a brute .......There is a ranger station that is occupied all winter , mostly to monitor the weather. The road up from the Parkway is closed in late fall, once there is a first snow fall. ( parkway is closed also, after that ) This is the most specular, and dramatic area on the 400 plus mile Blue Ridge Parkway, which , was commissioned after the Depression by Roosevelt, as a Works project.......Look up the story about the battle between Clingsman Dome , and Mt. Mitchell, as too the claim for the Highest mountain east of the Mississippi. ( I have the book somewhere around here ).
Since I got it correct, I will post next puzzle. What is the highest mountain in Europe and in what country is it in?
This town is only 150 years old and it's Official Birth Certificate" was signed by Napoleon III. At the time it was just forest with no roads and quite remote. It has the largest sand dune in Europe.
Since I got it correct, I will post next puzzle. What is the highest mountain in Europe and in what country is it in?
Mont Blanc is Europe's highest mountain. I believe France is usually accepted as the location, although Italy also has some claim to it, as the peak defines the border with Italy.
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Mont Blanc is Europe's highest mountain. I believe France is usually accepted as the location, although Italy also has some claim to it, as the peak defines the border with Italy.
John Walmsley, Mount Blanc is highest mountain in WESTERN Europe and Alps, but not in EUROPE. Good try anyway.
John Walmsley, Mount Blanc is highest mountain in WESTERN Europe and Alps, but not in EUROPE. Good try anyway.
Marcian, I had some misgivings about not qualifying my answer as Western Europe. If we include the Caucasus region as part of Europe, then Mt Elbrus in Georgia at over 18,000 feet is easily the highest mountain. A good question.
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Marcian, I had some misgivings about not qualifying my answer as Western Europe. If we include the Caucasus region as part of Europe, then Mt Elbrus in Georgia at over 18,000 feet is easily the highest mountain. A good question.
Mt Elbrus indeed is the highest mountain in Europe, this part of Caucasus is in Russia, but still part of the Europe.
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) wrote a beautiful composition for a river called The Moldau. Moldau is the German spelling. It's more often spelled Vltava in the country of origin. In what country is this river?
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Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) wrote a beautiful composition for a river called The Moldau. Moldau is the German spelling. It's more often spelled Vltava in the country of origin. In what country is this river?
Smetana is a czech composer, so Vltava is in current Czech Republic.
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