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Mount Sterling

Elevation
1,760 m
#10,155
in the world
#2,817
in United States
663 m
prominence

Mount Sterling is a mountain in United States, rising to 1,760 m, the 2,817th highest in United States, part of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Elevation
1,760 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
663 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#10,155
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Mount Sterling

Mount Sterling lies in United States, in North Carolina.

Key facts

Elevation
1,760 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
663 m
Type
Mountain
Range
Great Smoky Mountains
Region
North Carolina
Coordinates
35.702, -83.122

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#2,817of 3,727
LargestSmallest
In the Great Smoky Mountains
#10of 17
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#10,155of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Mount Cammerer1,500 m7.7 km
Mount Hardison1,873 m12 km
Marks Knob1,876 m12 km
Tricorner Knob1,864 m12 km
Old Black1,940 m12 km
Mount Guyot2,018 m12 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Sterling.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
SeviervilleUnited States16,49044 km
AshevilleUnited States95,05653 km
GreenevilleUnited States15,09458 km
MorristownUnited States29,47859 km
MaryvilleUnited States28,46477 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.