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Mount Katahdin (pronounced , "") is the highest mountain in Maine at . Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians, which means "The Greatest Mountain", Katahdin is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park. It is a steep, tall mountain formed from a granite intrusion weathered to the surface. The flora and fauna on the mountain are typical of those found in northern New England. Katahdin was known to the Native Americans in the region, and was known to Europeans at least since 1689. It has inspired hikes, climbs, journal narratives, paintings, and a piano sonata.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Classical-music.com )〕 The area around the peak was protected by Governor Percival Baxter starting in the 1930s. Katahdin is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, and is located near a stretch known as the Hundred-Mile Wilderness. The mountain is commonly called just "Katahdin", including by Baxter State Park in official publications.〔(Baster State Park "Hiking Katahdin" )〕 The official name is "Mount Katahdin" as decided by the US Board on Geographic Names in 1893.〔http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:579940〕 ==Geography== Katahdin is located in Baxter State Park, which is in east central Piscataquis County, about northwest of Millinocket. It is on the drainage divide between the East and West branches of the Penobscot River and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. The second highest point in Maine, Sugarloaf Mountain at 1,295 m (4,250 ft) is over one hundred miles to the southwest. There is low lake country to the south and west of Katahdin, and lowlands extending east to the Atlantic and north to the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. It is commonly thought that Katahdin is the first place in the United States mainland to receive sunlight in the morning, but this is incorrect. Other mountains, lower in elevation but further to the east or southeast, depending on the season, see the first sunrise of the day.〔Analysis by Blanton C. Wiggin, published in the January 1972 issue of ''Yankee'' magazine, determined that the first sunrise in the U.S. occurs at Mars Hill in most of the spring and summer, and at Cadillac Mountain in most of the fall and winter.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Katahdin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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