Ossipee Mountains
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The Ossipee Mountains are a small mountain range in the New England state of New Hampshire, United States. The remains of an ancient volcanic ring dike,[1] they lie north of Lake Winnipesaukee, east of Squam Lake, and south of the Sandwich Range, the southernmost of the White Mountains. Script error: No such module "convert". Mount Shaw is their highest point.
Geology and physiography
The Ossipee Mountains are the remains of a 125 million year-old volcanic ring dike,[1] the remnant of a Cretaceous stratovolcano of the later White Mountain igneous province. The complex is circular in plain view and has a diameter of 14 km.[2] The ring-dike complex is easily identified on satellite images, with its southeast edge located about Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of the town center of Ossipee.
Notable summits
- Bald Knob
- Bayle Mountain
- Big Ball Mountain
- Faraway Mountain
- Mount Flagg
- Larcom Mountain
- Nickerson Mountain
- Mount Roberts
- Sentinel Mountain
- Mount Shaw
- Turtleback Mountain
- Mount Whittier
See also
- Castle in the Clouds - a large estate located on the western portion of the Ossipee Mountains.
- Pawtuckaway State Park - a related ring dike in southern New Hampshire
References
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- ↑ a b Hall, Anthony, Igneous Petrology, Longman, 1987 p.75 - 76 Template:ISBN
- ↑ http://faculty.uml.edu/nelson_eby/Field%20Trip%20guides/Ossipee%20NHGS.pdf Ossipee Field Trip Guide
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- Cretaceous magmatism
- Cretaceous volcanoes
- Extinct volcanoes of the United States
- Landforms of Carroll County, New Hampshire
- Mountain ranges of New Hampshire
- New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin
- Ring dikes
- Stratovolcanoes of the United States
- Volcanoes of New Hampshire