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The Appalachian Mountains are a vast mountain range situated in eastern North America, extending roughly 2,050 mi from central Alabama to Newfoundland along a generally southwest-northeast axis. Alongside the Appalachian Plateau province -- which they are not entirely synonymous with -- the mountains form a wider system comprising the region's backbone. The range's highest peak is 6,684 foot Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains subrange of North Carolina, which themselves are part of the larger Blue Ridge Mountains. Saint Pierre and Miquelon, an overseas collectivity of France, is part of the range, meaning it technically spans portions of three countries. It is geologically related to the Scottish Highlands, Atlas Mountains, Scandinavian Mountains, and Ouachitas, as these ranges all originally belonged to the sprawling Central Pangean Mountains before plate tectonics tore them apart.