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It is considered a mountain-ish, or more properly a monadnock, a very large stone hill, as are neighboring Arabia and Panola mountains.
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Brian O'Shea, ajc, 27 Jan. 2022
If the weather conditions aren’t conducive to thermals, such as on cloudy days, the migrating hawks look for ridgelines or isolated hills or mountains known as monadnocks, like Wachusett Mountain, which provide lift from wind coming off the slopes.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
The granite block is a monadnock, or isolated mountain, created by a pocket of magma trapped underground 300 million years ago and only coming to the surface, through uplift and erosion, 15 million years ago.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2017
Arabia Mountain State Park Get outside, Dad, and check out the 400 million-year-old monadnock that is Arabia Mountain.
—Atlanta Life, ajc, 9 June 2017
Arabia Mountain State Park
Get outside, Dad, and check out the 400 million-year-old monadnock that is Arabia Mountain.
—Atlanta Life, ajc, 9 June 2017
Brian O'Shea, ajc, 27 Jan. 2022
If the weather conditions aren’t conducive to thermals, such as on cloudy days, the migrating hawks look for ridgelines or isolated hills or mountains known as monadnocks, like Wachusett Mountain, which provide lift from wind coming off the slopes.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
The granite block is a monadnock, or isolated mountain, created by a pocket of magma trapped underground 300 million years ago and only coming to the surface, through uplift and erosion, 15 million years ago.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2017
Arabia Mountain State Park Get outside, Dad, and check out the 400 million-year-old monadnock that is Arabia Mountain.
—Atlanta Life, ajc, 9 June 2017
Arabia Mountain State Park
Get outside, Dad, and check out the 400 million-year-old monadnock that is Arabia Mountain.
—Atlanta Life, ajc, 9 June 2017
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“Monadnock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monadnock. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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