Hump Mountain

Hump Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 3,245 feet (989 m), Hump Mountain is the 263rd highest summit in the state of West Virginia.[2]

Hump Mountain was so named on account of its outline being in the form of a hump.[3]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hump Mountain
  2. "Hump Mountain". Peakery.com. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  3. 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. 317.


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