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Nescopeck Mountain (also known as Nescopec Mountain) is a ridge in Columbia County and Luzerne County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States.〔 Its elevation is above sea level. The ridge is a forested ridge, with at least two types of forest and two systems of vernal pools. It is a very long and unbroken ridge with two water gaps: one carved by Catawissa Creek and one carved by Nescopeck Creek. Rock formations in the ridge include the Lower Helderberg Formation, the Onondaga Formation, the Spechty Kopf Formation, the Trimmers Rock Formation, and the Mauch Chunk Formation. In the most recent ice age, it was affected by glaciation. Native Americans historically settled in the vicinity of Nescopeck Mountain. It was visited by Europeans as early as 1755. The ridge's name most likely means "dirty waters" or "black waters". Two Pennsylvania State Game Lands and one state park are situated partially on it. The ridge spans numerous townships in Columbia County and Luzerne County. ==Geography== The elevation of Nescopeck Mountain is above sea level, making it the highest ridge in Columbia County. Townships that Nescopeck Mountain occupies include Beaver Township, Mifflin Township, and Main Township in Columbia County.〔 The ridge extends into Luzerne County, at least as far east as Nescopeck State Park.〔〔 Nescopeck Township is one township that Nescopeck Mountain goes through in Luzerne County. Nescopeck Mountain is an unbroken ridge, being described as "regular and almost unbroken" in an 1832 book.〔〔 John Gosse Freeze's 1888 book ''A History of Columbia County, Pennsylvania: From the Earliest Times'' described the ridge as "beautiful and regular in its formation". It stretches from near the Susquehanna River almost to the Lehigh River and has a length of nearly .〔〔 It is considerably steeper and higher on its northern side, at least in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Berwick.〔 The ridge is too rocky for agriculture, with large boulders being abundant on it. Nescopeck Mountain is part of a long chain of continuously forested mountains and ridges that stretches from Moosic Mountain to the Susquehanna River.〔 It is considered to be an extension of Catawissa Mountain. The ridge is similar in height to mountains in the vicinity of the Wyoming Valley. The ridge has a topographic prominence of up to approximately in places and up to at the Nescopeck Creek water gap.〔〔 However, it is only high near its western end at Mainville.〔 Interstate 80 crosses through the water gap carved by Nescopeck Creek in Nescopeck Mountain. The Susquehanna River Lowlands are in the vicinity of the ridge. Large groups of small kettle holes are found along the base of the ridge. Nescopeck Mountain occupies the United States Geological Survey quadrangles of Shumans, Nuremberg, Berwick, Sybertsville, Freeland, and White Haven.〔 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「Nescopeck Mountain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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