A monadnock is "a single remnant of a former highland, which rises as an isolated rock mass above a plain" (after Mount Monadnock, a 3,165-foot mountain in present-day Cheshire County, New Hampshire). The word 'monadnock' derives from the Western Abenaki 'menonadenak' meaning "smooth mountain". It may also carry connotations from 'menadena' meaning "isolated mountain".

Mount Monadnock

 

 

 

 

 

Occoneechee Mountain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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