Mount_Wellington_(New_York)

Mount Wellington (New York)

Mount Wellington (New York)

Mountain located in New York State

For other mountains of the same name, see Mount Wellington.

Mount Wellington is a mountain located in the Central New York Region of New York. It is located south of the Hamlet of Springfield Center at the northern end of Otsego Lake. Mount Wellington rises 600 feet (180 m) above lake level. The extreme southern point of the mountain is called Clarke Point and also referred to as the Shad Cam.[2] It is known as "The Sleeping Lion", as it looks similar to a lion laying down, viewed from Cooperstown, New York. It was originally named Mount Millington, but was renamed by George Hyde Clarke in honor of Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo, who had been Clarke's schoolmate at Eton College in England.[3][4]

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    "Mount Wellington". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
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    "The Legends and Traditions of a Northern County". oneonta.edu. SUNY Oneonta. 1921. Retrieved 2 January 2018. data
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    "Mount Wellington". Geonames.usgs. usgs. 1980. Retrieved 3 June 2017. data
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    "Hyde Hall". hydehall.org. Cooperstown, NY: Hyde Hall. Retrieved 2 September 2017.


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