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<blockquote data-quote="Uncle TK" data-source="post: 4250383" data-attributes="member: 31781"><p><h3>avanal Hill</h3><p>4 languages</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill" target="_blank">Article</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cavanal_Hill" target="_blank">Talk</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill" target="_blank">Read</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cavanal_Hill&action=edit" target="_blank">Edit</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cavanal_Hill&action=history" target="_blank">View history</a></li> </ul><p>Tools</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" target="_blank">Coordinates</a>: <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/17px-WMA_button2b.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cavanal_Hill&params=35.070931_N_94.679393_W_type:mountain_region:US-OK_scale:100000" target="_blank">35°04′15″N 94°40′46″W</a></p><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Cavanal Mountain</th><th></th></tr><tr><th>Highest point</th><th></th></tr><tr><th>Naming</th><th></th></tr><tr><th>Geography</th><th></th></tr><tr><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cavanal_Hill,_OK.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Cavanal_Hill%2C_OK.jpg/272px-Cavanal_Hill%2C_OK.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><br /> Cavanal Hill viewed from the southeast side</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit" target="_blank">Elevation</a></th><td>2,385 ft (727 m)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-loj-1" target="_blank">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence" target="_blank">Prominence</a></th><td>1,775 ft (541 m)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" target="_blank">Coordinates</a></th><td><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/17px-WMA_button2b.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cavanal_Hill&params=35.070931_N_94.679393_W_type:mountain_region:US-OK_scale:100000" target="_blank">35°04′15″N 94°40′46″W</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-gnis-2" target="_blank">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology" target="_blank">Etymology</a></th><td>French <em><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caverneux#French" target="_blank">caverneux</a></em> ("cavernous")<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-EOHC-Wright-3" target="_blank">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Oklahoma_relief_location_map.svg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/USA_Oklahoma_relief_location_map.svg/272px-USA_Oklahoma_relief_location_map.svg.png" alt="Cavanal Mountain is located in Oklahoma" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><br /> <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/16px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png" alt="Cavanal Mountain" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><br /> Cavanal Mountain<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Flore_County,_Oklahoma" target="_blank">Le Flore County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma" target="_blank">Oklahoma, U.S.</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_range" target="_blank">Parent range</a></th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouachita_Mountains" target="_blank">Ouachita Mountains</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_map" target="_blank">Topo map</a></th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" target="_blank">USGS</a> Cavanal Mountain</td></tr></table><p><strong>Cavanal Hill</strong> (officially <strong>Cavanal Mountain</strong>), located near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poteau,_Oklahoma" target="_blank">Poteau, Oklahoma</a>, is described by a sign at its base as the "'World's Highest Hill' – Elevation: 1,999 feet".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> The actual summit elevation is 2,385 feet (727 m) above sea level;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-gnis-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> the difference in elevation between the summit and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poteau_River" target="_blank">Poteau River</a> 3 miles (5 km) to the north is 1,960 feet (600 m).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p><h3>Hill / mountain[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cavanal_Hill&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h3><p>The billing is based on a delineation between a hill and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain" target="_blank">mountain</a>, that being if the geographical feature were 2,000 feet or higher than its base, then it would be classified as a mountain instead of a hill.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>] However, the United States <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" target="_blank">Geographic Names Information System</a> contains thousands of summits with "hill" in their names which are higher than 2,000 feet.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uncle TK, post: 4250383, member: 31781"] [HEADING=2]avanal Hill[/HEADING] 4 languages [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill']Article[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cavanal_Hill']Talk[/URL] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill']Read[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cavanal_Hill&action=edit']Edit[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cavanal_Hill&action=history']View history[/URL] [/LIST] Tools [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system']Coordinates[/URL]: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/17px-WMA_button2b.png[/IMG][URL='https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cavanal_Hill¶ms=35.070931_N_94.679393_W_type:mountain_region:US-OK_scale:100000']35°04′15″N 94°40′46″W[/URL] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [TABLE] [TR] [TH]Cavanal Mountain[/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]Highest point[/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]Naming[/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]Geography[/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cavanal_Hill,_OK.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Cavanal_Hill%2C_OK.jpg/272px-Cavanal_Hill%2C_OK.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Cavanal Hill viewed from the southeast side[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit']Elevation[/URL][/TH] [TD]2,385 ft (727 m)[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-loj-1'][1][/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence']Prominence[/URL][/TH] [TD]1,775 ft (541 m)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system']Coordinates[/URL][/TH] [TD][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/WMA_button2b.png/17px-WMA_button2b.png[/IMG][URL='https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cavanal_Hill¶ms=35.070931_N_94.679393_W_type:mountain_region:US-OK_scale:100000']35°04′15″N 94°40′46″W[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-gnis-2'][2][/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology']Etymology[/URL][/TH] [TD]French [I][URL='https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caverneux#French']caverneux[/URL][/I] ("cavernous")[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-EOHC-Wright-3'][3][/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USA_Oklahoma_relief_location_map.svg'][IMG alt="Cavanal Mountain is located in Oklahoma"]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/USA_Oklahoma_relief_location_map.svg/272px-USA_Oklahoma_relief_location_map.svg.png[/IMG][/URL] [IMG alt="Cavanal Mountain"]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg/16px-Red_triangle_with_thick_white_border.svg.png[/IMG] Cavanal Mountain [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Flore_County,_Oklahoma']Le Flore County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma']Oklahoma, U.S.[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_range']Parent range[/URL][/TH] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouachita_Mountains']Ouachita Mountains[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_map']Topo map[/URL][/TH] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey']USGS[/URL] Cavanal Mountain[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Cavanal Hill[/B] (officially [B]Cavanal Mountain[/B]), located near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poteau,_Oklahoma']Poteau, Oklahoma[/URL], is described by a sign at its base as the "'World's Highest Hill' – Elevation: 1,999 feet".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] The actual summit elevation is 2,385 feet (727 m) above sea level;[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-gnis-2'][2][/URL] the difference in elevation between the summit and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poteau_River']Poteau River[/URL] 3 miles (5 km) to the north is 1,960 feet (600 m).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] [HEADING=2]Hill / mountain[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cavanal_Hill&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] The billing is based on a delineation between a hill and a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain']mountain[/URL], that being if the geographical feature were 2,000 feet or higher than its base, then it would be classified as a mountain instead of a hill.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] However, the United States [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System']Geographic Names Information System[/URL] contains thousands of summits with "hill" in their names which are higher than 2,000 feet.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavanal_Hill#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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