Mount Monadnock

Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a 3,165 foot (965 m) peak in southwestern New Hampshire that has drawn attention for years by its relative isolation from other mountains.

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The word "monadnock" has been adopted by American geologists in a more general sense as an alternative term for an inselberg. In glaciation events, a monadnock may remain ice-free above the iceflow that surrounds it, forming a nunatak. Thus it may retain relics of the pre-glacial period. This original is often called Grand Monadnock, to ensure differentiating it from other Vermont and New Hampshire peaks with "Monadnock" in their names.

Related Topics:
Monadnock - American - Inselberg - Nunatak - Vermont - New Hampshire

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