Mount Bond

Mount Bond

Mount Bond from the Bondcliff ridge
Highest point
Elevation 4,698 ft (1,432 m) [1]
Prominence 298 ft (91 m) [1]
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Coordinates 44°09′11″N 71°31′52″W / 44.153045°N 71.531225°W / 44.153045; -71.531225Coordinates: 44°09′11″N 71°31′52″W / 44.153045°N 71.531225°W / 44.153045; -71.531225
Geography
Location Lincoln, New Hampshire, U.S.
Parent range Twin Range
Topo map USGS South Twin Mountain
West Bond
Highest point
Elevation 4520+ ft (1378+ m) [2]
Prominence 200 ft (61 m) [2]
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Coordinates 44°09′17″N 71°32′37″W / 44.154734°N 71.543514°W / 44.154734; -71.543514
Geography
Location New Hampshire, U.S.
Bondcliff

Bondcliff at sunset
Highest point
Elevation 4,265 ft (1,300 m) [3]
Prominence 205 ft (62 m) [3]
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Coordinates 44°08′26″N 71°32′26″W / 44.140653°N 71.540616°W / 44.140653; -71.540616
Geography
Location New Hampshire, U.S.

Mount Bond is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is named after Professor George P. Bond (1825–1865) of Harvard University, and is the southernmost extension of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. Mount Bond is flanked to the north by Mount Guyot.

Mount Bond has two subsidiary peaks, West Bond and Bondcliff (or "The Cliffs"). All three peaks are included on the Appalachian Mountain Club's list of "four-thousand footers".

Mount Bond is located within the Pemigewasset Wilderness Area. It drains to the east and west into the North Fork and Franconia Branch respectively of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, thence into the Pemigewasset and Merrimack Rivers, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Bond, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  2. 1 2 "West Bond, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  3. 1 2 "Bondcliffs, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.

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