- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Blood Mountain
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph by Sammy Hancock
- Date of Original:
- 2008
- Subject:
- Mountains--Georgia
Appalachian Mountains
Shrubs--Georgia--Union County
Rocks--Georgia--Union County
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Outcrops (Geology)--Georgia--Union County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Union County, 34.83401, -83.99076
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Blood Mountain, at 4,461 feet, is the highest peak along the Appalachian Trail in Georgia and the sixth highest mountain in the state. The mountain is located near the line between Union and Lumpkin counties and may have been named for a battle between the Cherokees and the Creeks.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/blue-ridge-geologic-province/blood-mountain-and-lake_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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