South Mountains
The South Mountains are an ancient and deeply eroded mountain range in western North Carolina. They are an isolated remnant of the much larger Appalachian Mountains to the west, and are separated from the Blue Ridge Mountain chain by the Catawba River valley.- Mountain rising to 2,612 feet (796 metres)
- Description: American mountain range
- Also known as“Montague Hills”“Oakanoahs”
South Mountains
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Latitude
35.59568° or 35° 35′ 44″ north
Longitude
-81.69565° or 81° 41′ 44″ west
Open location code
867WH8W3+7P
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“South Mountains” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “South Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الجنوب”
- Ladin: “South Mountains (North Carolina)”
- Ladin: “South Mountains”
- Venetian: “South Mountains”
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