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Place Name
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Oglethorpe, Mount
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Pronunciation
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O-guhl-thorp
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Place Status (Type)
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mountain
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Location
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Pickens County, Georgia (GA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°29'N
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Longitude
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84°19'W
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Oglethorpe, Mount
(O-guhl-thorp)
(3,290 ft/1,003 m), Pickens co., N Ga.,
6 mi/9.7 km NE of Jasper, at S end of the Blue
Ridge, at SW terminus of Appalachian Trail; 34°29'N 84°19'W. A
white marble shaft has been erected at its summit as a memorial to Gen.
James E. Oglethorpe, founder of the Ga. colony. Called Grassy Mt.
until 1929.
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