Swatara Gap
| Swatara Gap | |
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 View of Swatara Gap and Swatara Creek from the Waterville Bridge | |
| Elevation | 433 ft (132 m)[1] |
| Traversed by |  PA 72,  I-81 |
| Range | Blue Mountain |
| Coordinates | 40°28′43″N 76°31′44″W / 40.47861°N 76.52889°WCoordinates: 40°28′43″N 76°31′44″W / 40.47861°N 76.52889°W |
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Swatara Gap is a water gap through Blue Mountain formed by the Swatara Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. PA Route 72 as well as Interstate 81 pass through the gap. The Appalachian Trail passes through the gap over the Waterville Bridge in Swatara State Park.[2] The area was a fossil collecting site.[3]
Appalachian Trail crossing Swatara Creek on the Waterville Bridge
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Swatara Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Swatara State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
- ^ Lehman, David; Pope, John K. (1989). "Upper Ordovician Tempestites from Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania: Depositional Processes Affecting the Sediments and Paleoecology of the Fossil Faunas". PALAIOS. 4 (6): 553–564. doi:10.2307/3514745. JSTOR 3514745.
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