Knobly Mountain is a ridge and part of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, located east of New Creek Mountain in Mineral and Grant counties, West Virginia, in the United States.
Knobly Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,808[1] ft (551 m) |
Coordinates | 39°20′49″N 79°00′40″W / 39.34694°N 79.01111°W |
Geography | |
Location | Grant / Mineral counties, West Virginia, U.S. |
Parent range | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians |
Topo map | USGS Antioch |
The summit was so named on account of its uneven outline.[2]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knobly Mountain
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 355.