Mont Yamaska
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| name = Mont Yamaska
Wigwômadenek
| photo = MT YAMASKA.jpg
| photo_caption = Aerial Shot of Mount Yamaska
| elevation_m = 411
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| location = Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford, 12 kilometers northwest of Granby, Quebec, Canada
| range = Monteregian Hills
| coordinates = {{coord|45|27|25|N|72|52|19|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|31|H|7}}
| age = Early Cretaceous
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Mont Yamaska ({{IPA|fr|mɔ̃ jamaska}}; 'Mount Yamaska{{'}}; in Abenaki, Wigwômadenek){{Cite book |last=Paré |first=Pierre |title=La toponymie des Abénaquis |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |year=1985 |isbn=2-551-09122-5 |language=fr}}) is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec. Its summit stands {{Convert|411|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} 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 includes much gabbro, essexite, a titanium-rich clinopyroxenite called yamaskite, and a small area of nepheline syenite.https://alkcarb.myrocks.info/node/929 Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World -- Mount Yamaska Mont Yamaska might be the deep extension of a vastly eroded ancient volcanic complex, which was probably active about 125 million years ago.[http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05stepstones/background/geologic_history/geologic_history.html A Hundred-Million Year History of the Corner Rise and New England Seamounts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503173640/http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05stepstones/background/geologic_history/geologic_history.html |date=2006-05-03 }} Retrieved on 2007-08-01 The mountain was created when the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot, along with the other mountains of the Monteregian Hills that form part of the Great Meteor hotspot track.
See also
References
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External links
{{Sister project links}}
- [http://montyamaska.nature-action.qc.ca Le mont Yamaska «sous mon aile!»]
- [http://www.montyamaska.org Fondation pour la conservation du mont Yamaska]
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Category:Mountains of Quebec under 1000 metres
Category:Igneous petrology of Quebec
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