Mont Yamaska
Mont Yamaska Wigwômadenek | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 411 m (1,348 ft) |
Coordinates | 45°27′25″N 72°52′19″W / 45.45694°N 72.87194°WCoordinates: 45°27′25″N 72°52′19″W / 45.45694°N 72.87194°W |
Geography | |
Location | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, 12 kilometers northwest of Granby, Quebec, Canada |
Parent range | Monteregian Hills |
Topo map | NTS 31H7 Granby |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Early Cretaceous |
Mountain type | Intrusive stock |
Mont Yamaska (in English, Mount Yamaska) (in Abenaki, Wigwômadenek[1]) is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec. Its summit stands 411 m (1,348 ft) above sea level. This mountain is largely covered with deciduous forest dominated by sugar maple. Some apple orchards are raised on lower slopes.
Geology[]
Mont Yamaska is composed of igneous rock and hornfels. The igneous rock is mostly mafic with much gabbro, essexite, and a titanium-rich pyroxenite. Mont Yamaska might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago.[2] The mountain was created when the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot,[2] along with the other mountains of the Monteregian Hills that form part of the Great Meteor hotspot track.
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- Landforms of Montérégie
- Mountains of Quebec under 1000 metres
- Igneous petrology of Quebec
- Stocks (geology)
- Quebec geography stubs