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Lookout Mountain| Ridge of the Cumberland Plateau, southeastern USA, extending southwest for some 120 km/75 mi south of Moccasin Bend on the Tennessee River, near Chattanooga, Tennessee, across the northwest corner of Georgia, to near Gadsden, Alabama. The highest point (730 m/2,392 ft) is at the northeastern end of the ridge. |
| It is noted as the site (near Chattanooga) of a steep incline railway; subterranean caverns containing the 44-m/145-ft Ruby Falls, 342 m/1,120 ft below the Earth's surface; and Rock City Gardens, a 4-ha/10-acre area of sandstone formations. |
| The site of the American Civil War battle of Lookout Mountain (24 November 1863), on Chattanooga's southwestern side, is partially within Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. |
Lookout Mountain| City in northwestern Georgia, just southeast of the Lookout Mountain ridge; population (1990 est) 1,600. It is home to Covenant College (1955). |
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