[muh-nad-nok] 
| 1. | Physical Geography. a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding peneplain. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) Mount, a mountain peak in SW New Hampshire. 3186 ft. (971 m). |
| mo·nad·nock (mə-nād'nŏk') n. A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area. Also called inselberg. [After Mount Monadnock, a peak of southwest New Hampshire.] |
| monadnock (mə-nād'nŏk') Pronunciation Key
A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area. |
monadnock
isolated hill of bedrock standing conspicuously above the general level of the surrounding area. Monadnocks are left as erosional remnants because of their more resistant rock composition; commonly they consist of quartzite or less jointed massive volcanic rocks. In contrast to inselbergs (island mountains), a similar tropical landform, monadnocks are formed in humid, temperate regions. They take their name from Mt. Monadnock, a solitary mass of rock (3,165 feet [965 metres]) in Monadnock State Park, southeast of Keene, in Cheshire County, southwestern New Hampshire, U.S. A well-known example is Stone Mountain in Georgia, U.S
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