Ossipee Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain in the American state of New Hampshire}}

Image:Ossipeemountains.jpg from the Belknap Mountains]]

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,Hall, Anthony, Igneous Petrology, Longman, 1987 p.75 - 76 {{ISBN|0-582-30174-2}} they lie north of Lake Winnipesaukee, east of Squam Lake, and south of the Sandwich Range, the southernmost of the White Mountains. {{convert|2990|ft|m|abbr=on}} Mount Shaw is their highest point.

Geology and physiography

The Ossipee Mountains are the remains of a 125 million year-old volcanic ring dike, 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.http://faculty.uml.edu/nelson_eby/Field%20Trip%20guides/Ossipee%20NHGS.pdf Ossipee Field Trip Guide The ring-dike complex is easily identified on satellite images, with its southeast edge located about {{convert|8|km|disp=flip|0}} northwest of the town center of Ossipee.