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The Blue Ridge contains the highest mountains in eastern North America south of Baffin Island. About 125 peaks exceed 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in elevation. The highest peak in the Blue Ridge (and in the entire Appalachian chain) is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina at 6,684 feet (2,037 m).
The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mountains averaging around 3,000 ft (910 m). The highest of the group is Mount Mitchell in North Carolina at 6,684 feet (2,037 m), which is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River.he name was not commonly used for the whole mountain range until the late 19th century. A competing and often more popular name was the  Allegheny Mountains , Alleghenies, and even Alleghania.. In the early 19th century, Washington Irving proposed renaming the United States either Appalachia or Alleghania.