Sleeping Giant
Sleeping Giant, is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet, located eight miles north of New Haven, Connecticut. A prominent landscape feature visible for miles, the Sleeping Giant receives its name from its anthropomorphic resemblance to a slumbering human figure as seen from either the north or south.
Ken Gallager, Public domain.- Peak rising to 676 feet (206 metres)
- …is also known as “Mount Carmel”
- Description: mountain in United States of America
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Mount Carmel Congregational Church
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Sleeping Giant
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Latitude
41.43071° or 41° 25′ 51″ north
Longitude
-72.89052° or 72° 53′ 26″ west
Open location code
87H9C4J5+7Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Sleeping Giant” goes by many names.
Mount CarmelCebuano
Mount CarmelDutch
Sleeping GiantDutch
جبل سليپينج جيانتEgyptian Arabic
Dormanta GigantoEsperanto
スリーピング・ジャイアント山Japanese
Sleeping GiantLadin
Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)Ladin
غول خفتهPersian
غول خفته (کنتیکت)Persian
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