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Wallface Mountain

Coordinates: 44°8.282′N 74°2.205′W / 44.138033°N 74.036750°W / 44.138033; -74.036750
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Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain at left, from Mount Jo
Highest point
Elevation1,136 metres (3,727 ft)
Prominence180 m (590 ft)[1]
Coordinates44°8.282′N 74°2.205′W / 44.138033°N 74.036750°W / 44.138033; -74.036750
Geography
Wallface Mountain is located in New York Adirondack Park
Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain
Location of Wallface Mountain within New York
Wallface Mountain is located in the United States
Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain
Wallface Mountain (the United States)
LocationNorth Elba, Essex County, New York, U.S.
Parent rangeStreet Range
Topo mapUSGS Ampersand Lake
Wallface Mountain looking north northwest from Lake Henderson

Wallface Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, United States. The mountain is named after the cliff on its southeastern side. Wallface is flanked to the west by MacNaughton Mountain, and faces Mount Marshall to the southeast across Indian Pass.

The southeast and west sides of Wallface Mountain drain into the southern Indian Pass Brook, thence into Henderson Lake, the source of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The northern slopes of Wallface Mountain drain into the northern Indian Pass Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Ausable River, into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

The talus deposits under Wallface contain substantial talus caves, including the Touchy Sword of Damocles cave, which at 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) of passage is potentially the longest surveyed talus cave in the world.[2][3]: 55 

Wallface Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.

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Notes

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  1. ^ Key col elevation between 950 and 960 m.
  2. ^ Wechsler, Alan (29 August 2018). "Exploring the caves below Wallface". Adirondack Explorer. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ^ Cooper, Max P.; Mylroie, John E. (2015). Glaciation and Speleogenesis: Interpretations from the Northeastern United States (1st 2015 ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-16534-9.
Wallface's cliff, from Indian Pass
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