Green Mountain Giant

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Green Mountain Giant
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Green Mountain Giant
Location in Vermont
Location Whitingham, Vermont, United States
Coordinates 42°46′28″N72°54′02″W / 42.774577°N 72.900453°W / 42.774577; -72.900453

The Green Mountain Giant is one of the largest glacial erratics in New England. It is located in Whitingham, Vermont. [1] [2] [3] It was plucked from the Green Mountains by moving glaciers (Laurentide Ice Sheet) and was dropped as the ice retreated. Its circumference is 125 feet, and its weight is 3400 tons. It has been documented by geologists since Edward Hitchcock (Vermont State Geologist 1856 –1861). [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Green Mountain Giant, Whittingham". Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  2. ↑ Huberdeau, Jennifer (June 22, 2018). "'Erratic Wandering':10 boulders worth wandering to". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  3. ↑ McMaster, Robert T. (September 21, 2020). "Hitchcock's Giant Boulders". Edward Hitchcock. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ Hitchcock, Edward (1861). "Report on the geology of Vermont". Claremont, NH: Claremont Manufacturing Company – via Internet Archive.


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