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Black Mountain (West Virginia)

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Coordinates: 38°14′07″N 80°14′17″W / 38.2353°N 80.2381°W / 38.2353; -80.2381
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Black Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, United States.[1] It is one of the Yew Mountains in Pocahontas County. With an elevation of 4,603 feet (1,403 m), Black Mountain is the 14th highest summit in the state of West Virginia.[2]

Black Mountain was named for the dark, forested tracts near it.[3]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Black Mountain (West Virginia)
  2. ^ "Black Mountain". Peakery.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 117.

38°14′07″N 80°14′17″W / 38.2353°N 80.2381°W / 38.2353; -80.2381


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