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Driskill Mountain is the highest natural summit in Louisiana with an elevation of 535 feet (163 meters) above sea level. The absolute highest point a person could stand in the state of Louisiana would be the roof of the One Shell Square tower in New Orleans. The mountain lies about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Bryceland, Louisiana. It is located in the northeast corner of Sec. 32, T. 17 N., R. 5 W. at 32° 25′ 29″ N 92° 53′ 51″ W (WGS84) within Bienville Parish. Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area Ranked 31st - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 kmÂ²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 16 - Latitude 29Â°N to 33... One Shell Square, located at 701 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 51-story, 697 ft. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Bryceland is a village located in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. ... Bienville Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...

Driskill Mountain is a landform created by the erosion of unlithified Paleogene sediment. Its summit consists of nonmarine quartz sands of the Cockfield Formation. These sands overlie shallow marine and coastal clays, silts, and sands of the Cook Mountain Formation, which form its bulk. Paleogene (alternatively Palaeogene) period is a unit of geologic time that began 65 and ended 23 million years ago. ... Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ...

Driskill Mountain was named for James Christopher Driskill, who once owned the property containing Driskill Mountain during the late 1800s. He was born in Georgia and moved with his family, which included eight boys and one girl, to Louisiana in 1859. His descendants still live in the area. Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area Ranked 31st - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 kmÂ²) - Width 130 miles (210 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 16 - Latitude 29Â°N to 33...

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Heinrich, P. V. (2001). Louisiana Geofacts. Public Information Series 6, Louisiana Geological Survey.

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