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North Mountain (Nova Scotia)

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North Mountain rises dramatically from the valley floor and tapers somewhat more gradually to the north and west where it meets the coast, although many parts of this coast have vertical cliffs rising higher than 30 metres, most notably at Cape Split. A break occurs at
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where a gap in the mountain ridge is filled by a deep tidal channel separating the eastern end of the mountain from
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are present near the upper surface of North Mountain. The hard ridge of basalt resisted the grinding of
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Cooling history and differentiation of a thick North Mountain Basalt flow (Nova Scotia, Canada)
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The Jurassic North Mountain Basalts, Nova Scotia: More Than Just Simple Flood Basalts
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The Balancing Rock, a columnar basalt fragment of the North Mountain near
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shows ~25-cm-thick distinguished layers separated by ~130 centimeter of
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North Mountain is believed to have formed during the opening of the
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period when this part of Nova Scotia occupied the center of the
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Location of North Mountain Ridge on the southern shore of the
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band. The layering of the flow closely resemble that of some
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List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories
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in its upper 34 meters. Upper layers (5 meters below the
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on the north side of the bay. Numerous sediment-filled
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North Mountain ridge above Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia
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Mount Rose
Elevation
Coordinates
45°6′0″N 64°45′0″W / 45.10000°N 64.75000°W / 45.10000; -64.75000

Topo map
NTS
21A
Annapolis Royal
21B
Eastport
21H
Amherst
Age of rock
Type of rock
Igneous
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Five Islands, Nova Scotia
Digby Neck
Digby Gut
Cape Split
Brier Island


Bay of Fundy
volcanic
ridge
mainland portion of southwestern Nova Scotia

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