Delaware Water Gap
The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Valley with an elevation of 338 feet
- Description: Geological feature along the Delaware River
- Also known as: “Buck-ka-buck-ka”, “Gap on the Blue Mountain”, “Pachoquelin”, “Pahackqualong”, “Pahakqualong”, “Pahaqualia”, “Pahaqualing”, “Pahaqualong”, “Pahaquarry”, “Patqualing”, “Pehoquealin”, “Pochkapochko”, and “Pohoqualine”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tammany and Mount Minsi.
Mount Tammany
Peak
Mount Tammany is the southernmost peak of the Kittatinny Mountains, in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey, United States. It is 1,526 feet tall, and forms the east side of the Delaware Water Gap.
Mount Minsi
Peak
Mount Minsi forms the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware Water Gap, and is the eastern extent of the Blue Mountain. It is composed of sandstone and conglomerates of the Shawangunk Formation.
Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Twigboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge is a toll bridge that carries Interstate 80 across the Delaware River at the Delaware Water Gap, connecting Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, and Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slateford and Delaware Water Gap.
Slateford
Hamlet
Slateford is an unincorporated community that is located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which has a population of 861,899 and is the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
Delaware Water Gap
Village
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Delaware Water Gap is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap, the pass through which the Lackawanna Corridor and Interstate 80 run across the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border along the Delaware River.
Minisink Hills
Neighborhood
Minisink Hills is an unincorporated community located in Smithfield Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Minisink Hills is located at the intersection of Gap View Drive and Hillside Drive, along the west bank of Marshalls Creek, east of East Stroudsburg.
Delaware Water Gap
- Categories: rail mountain pass, water gap, and landform
- Location: Monroe, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.96775° or 40° 58′ 4″ northLongitude
-75.11992° or 75° 7′ 12″ westElevation
338 feet (103 metres)Open location code
87G6XV9J+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 7516131481OpenStreetMap feature
natural=valley
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Delaware Water Gap” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “德拉瓦水岬”
- Dutch: “Delaware Water Gap”
- French: “Delaware Water Gap”
- Hebrew: “מפער המים של דלאוור”
- Japanese: “デラウェア峡谷”
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