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Bald Knob, West Virginia

4840+ feet, 1475+ meters

Elevation	Elevation in range between 4840 and 4880 feet. (40-foot closed contour)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 27' N; 79° 56' W 38.448194, -79.931328 (Dec Deg) 593254E 4256086N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	West Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Pocahontas (Highest Point)
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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Allegheny Mountains
Range5: Shavers Fork Mountain Complex
Range6: Back Allegheny Mountain (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Monongahela (HP)
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Greenbrier (HP)
New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Topo Map

Cass 38079-D8 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 880 ft/268 m
Optimistic Prominence: 960 ft/292 m
Key Col: 3960 ft/1207 m  (40 foot contour)
Col elevation in range between 3920 and 3960 feet.
    Topo Map: Cass 38079-D8 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 38° 26' N; 79° 58' W
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Isolation

27.69 mi/44.55 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Spruce Knob (NE)
Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.

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