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The Taconic Mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State, United States. The range also extends into Massachusetts and southwestern Vermont. The highest peak is Mount Equinox, with an elevation of 3,816 feet (1163 m), at the northern end of the range in Manchester, Vermont. Their Native American name was once transliterated as the Taghkanic Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. ...
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The Taconic mountain range was formed from the collision of the North American Plate into a volcanic island arc, similar to modern day Japan, during the late Ordovician Period, around 440 million years ago. A more complete discussion is at Taconic orogeny. Illustration of the Taconic orogeny The Taconic orogeny was a great mountain building period that perhaps had the greatest overall effect on the geologic structure of basement rocks within the New York Bight region. ...
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