Mont Rougemont
| Mont Rougemont Wigwômedenek |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Rougemont, 18 kilometres southwest of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada |
| Parent range | Monteregian Hills |
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| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Early Cretaceous |
| Mountain type | Intrusive stock |
Mont Rougemont (Abenaki: Wigwômedenek[1]) is part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec. It is composed of igneous rock and hornfels. The summit stands 366 m (1,201 ft) above sea level. The mountain is mostly covered with sugar maple-dominated forest. Apple orchards and vineyards are cultivated on many of the lower slopes, and much of the fruit is used to make cider.
Geology
The igneous material is composed almost entirely of mafic and ultramafic rock such as gabbro and olivine-bearing pyroxenite. Mont Rougemont 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. It forms part of the vast Great Meteor hotspot track.
External links
- Script error: No such module "In lang". Ass. pour la protection et le développement durable du mont Rougemont (APDDMR)
- Script error: No such module "In lang". Nature Action Quebec
- Script error: No such module "In lang". Quebec in photographs Montérégie
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Hundred-Million Year History of the Corner Rise and New England Seamounts Archived 2006-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2007-08-01
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