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This is a list of mountain passes — generally called notches — in New Hampshire in the United States ... Zealand Notch: 872973: between Bethlehem and Lincoln ...
A col in geomorphology is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks. [1] It may also be called a gap or pass. [1] Particularly rugged and forbidding cols in the terrain are usually referred to as notches. They are generally unsuitable as mountain passes, but are occasionally crossed by mule tracks or climbers' routes.
A gap is a geological formation that is a low point or opening between hills or mountains or in a ridge or mountain range. It may be called a col, notch, pass, saddle, water gap, or wind gap. Geomorphologically, a gap is most often carved by water erosion from a freshet, stream or a river. [1]
North of the notch's height of land, the Zealand River flows north to the Ammonoosuc River near the village of Twin Mountain, with the streamflow eventually reaching the Connecticut River and turning south again to ultimately reach Long Island Sound. The notch lies between Whitewall Mountain (3,405 ft./1,038 m.) to the east and Zeacliff (approx ...
Franconia Notch (elev. 1,950 feet/590 m) is a major mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Dominated by Cannon Mountain to the west and Mount Lafayette to the east, it lies principally within Franconia Notch State Park and is traversed by the Franconia Notch Parkway ( Interstate 93 and U.S. Route 3 ).
The range's highest peak, 4,170-foot (1,270 m) Old Speck Mountain, is the fifth-highest peak in Maine. Substantial parts of the range are publicly owned as parts of the National Park Service Appalachian Trail corridor and Grafton Notch State Park in Maine. The range is a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains.
Mount Paget is a summit of Allardyce Range on the South Atlantic/Antarctic island of South Georgia.At 9,629 feet (2,935 m) above the sea level, it is the highest peak on the island, and the highest peak in any territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom (excluding the British Antarctic Territory, where British sovereignty is unrecognised by most countries, where Mount Hope is the ...
Mount Webster is a mountain located on the border between Coos County and Carroll County, New Hampshire.The mountain, formerly called Notch Mountain, is named after Daniel Webster (1782–1852), and is the south-westernmost of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains.