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Couchsachraga Peak Elevation 1,156 m (3,793 ft) Prominence 80 m (262 ft) [1] Listing Adirondack High Peaks Location Location Newcomb, Essex County, New York Range Santanoni Mountains Coordinates 44°5.74′N 74°9.61′W / 44.09567°N 74.16017°WCoordinates: 44°5.74′N 74°9.61′W / 44.09567°N 74.16017°W Topo map USGS Santanoni Peak Couchsachraga Peak is a mountain located in Essex County, New York. "Couchsachraga" is based on an Algonquin or Huron name for the area, meaning "dismal wilderness".[2] The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks. Couchsachraga Peak is flanked to the east by Panther Peak. There is no marked trail to the summit, which, being fully forested, has no views.
Couchsachraga Peak stands within the watershed of the Cold River, which drains into the Raquette River, the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The southern sides of Couchsachraga drains into Calahan Brook, thence into Moose Creek and the Cold River. The northeast and northern sides of Couchsachraga drains via several brooks into the Cold River.
According to the 1897 survey of the Adirondacks, the height of Couchsachraga Peak was over 4,000 feet (1,219 m), so it was included in the 46 High Peaks; the 1953 USGS survey found it and three other peaks to be lower, but the list has not been changed. Couchsachraga is within New York's Adirondack Park.
Notes
- ^ Key col elevation between 1,070 and 1,080 m.
- ^ "Couchsachraga Peak". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150698.
See also
- List of mountains in New York
- Northeast 111 4,000-footers
- Adirondack High Peaks
- Adirondack Forty-Sixers
External links
- "Couchsachraga Peak, New York". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6007.
- "Couchsachraga Peak". SummitPost.org. http://www.summitpost.org/page/150698.
- "Couchsachraga Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:947539.
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- Geography of Essex County, New York
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