Wallface Mountain
| Wallface Mountain | |
|---|---|
 Wallface Mountain at left, from Mount Jo | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,136 metres (3,727 ft) |
| Prominence | 180 m (590 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 44°8.282′N 74°2.205′W / 44.138033°N 74.036750°W |
| Geography | |
  Wallface Mountain Location of Wallface Mountain within New York  Wallface Mountain Wallface Mountain (the United States) | |
| Location | North Elba, Essex County, New York, U.S. |
| Parent range | Street Range |
| Topo map | USGS Ampersand Lake |
Wallface Mountain is a mountain located in Essex County, New York, United States. The mountain is named after the cliff on its southeastern side. Wallface is flanked to the west by MacNaughton Mountain, and faces Mount Marshall to the southeast across Indian Pass.
The southeast and west sides of Wallface Mountain drain into the southern Indian Pass Brook, thence into Henderson Lake, the source of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The northern slopes of Wallface Mountain drain into the northern Indian Pass Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Ausable River, into Lake Champlain, thence into Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
The talus deposits under Wallface contain substantial talus caves, including the Touchy Sword of Damocles cave, which at 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) of passage is potentially the longest surveyed talus cave in the world.[2][3]: 55
Wallface Mountain is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York's Adirondack Park.
See also
Notes
- ^ Key col elevation between 950 and 960 m.
- ^ Wechsler, Alan (29 August 2018). "Exploring the caves below Wallface". Adirondack Explorer. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Cooper, Max P.; Mylroie, John E. (2015). Glaciation and Speleogenesis: Interpretations from the Northeastern United States (1st 2015 ed.). Cham: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-16534-9.
