Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
| Upper Wolfjaw Mountain | |
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| File:IMG 4422UWolfjaw.jpg Upper Wolfjaw Mountain from Noonmark | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,281 metres (4,203 ft) |
| Prominence | 85 m (280 ft) [1] |
| Listing | Adirondack High Peaks |
| Coordinates | 44°8.43′N 73°50.72′W / 44.14050°N 73.84533°W |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Keene, Essex County, New York |
| Parent range | the Great Range |
| Topo map | USGS Keene Valley |
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. Landscape artist Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836–1892) named Lower Wolfjaw, in combination with neighboring Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, circa 1870 for their appearance in profile. The mountain is part of the Great Range of the Adirondack Mountains. Upper Wolfjaw Mtn. is flanked to the southwest by Armstrong Mountain, and to the northeast by Lower Wolfjaw Mtn.
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain stands within the watershed of the East Branch of the Ausable River, which drains into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The east and southeast sides of Upper Wolfjaw Mtn. drain into the East Branch of the Ausable River. The west side of Upper Wolfjaw drains into Ore Body Brook, thence into Johns Brook and the East Branch. The north side of Upper Wolfjaw drains into Wolfjaw Brook, thence into Johns Brook.
Upper Wolfjaw Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.
Notes
See also
- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 111 4,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
External links
- Peakbagger.com: Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
- Summitpost.org: Upper Wolf Jaw Mountain
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Upper Wolfjaw Mountain
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