# Mount Shaw

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Mountain in the American state of New Hampshire

For the Manila MRT station nicknamed "Mount Shaw", see [Shaw Boulevard station](/source/Shaw_Boulevard_station).

Mount Shaw Highest point Elevation 2,990 ft (910 m)[1] Prominence 2,330 ft (710 m)[1] Listing #23 New England Fifty Finest Coordinates 43°44′38″N 71°16′27″W / 43.74394°N 71.274112°W / 43.74394; -71.274112[1] Geography Location Carroll County, New Hampshire, U.S. Parent range Ossipee Mountains Topo map USGS Melvin Village

**Mount Shaw** is a [mountain](/source/Mountain) located in the towns of [Moultonborough](/source/Moultonborough%2C_New_Hampshire) and [Tuftonboro](/source/Tuftonboro%2C_New_Hampshire) in [Carroll County](/source/Carroll_County%2C_New_Hampshire), [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire), United States. It is part of the remains of an ancient volcanic [ring dike](/source/Ring_dike).[2] With a summit elevation of 2,990 feet (911 m), it is the highest of the [Ossipee Mountains](/source/Ossipee_Mountains).

The Ossipee ring-dike complex of central New Hampshire is a visible remnant of a 125 million year old [Cretaceous](/source/Cretaceous) [stratovolcano](/source/Stratovolcano), a member of the later [White Mountain](/source/White_Mountains_(New_Hampshire)) [igneous](/source/Igneous) province. The complex is circular as viewed on maps and has a diameter of 9 miles (14 km).[3] The ring-dike complex is easy to identify within web-browsed satellite images, with its southeast edge located about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the town center of [Ossipee](/source/Ossipee%2C_New_Hampshire).

Although of only moderate elevation, the topographic isolation of the Ossipee Mountains gives Shaw 2,330 ft (710 m) of [prominence](/source/Topographic_prominence) above the low ground separating it from the nearby [Sandwich Range](/source/Sandwich_Range), the southernmost peaks of the White Mountains, making it one of twelve peaks in New Hampshire with a prominence over 2,000 feet (610 m).[4]

Mount Shaw is located within the [Castle in the Clouds](/source/Castle_in_the_Clouds) estate. Its north and southeast sides drain into the [Lovell](/source/Lovell_River) and [Dan Hole](/source/Dan_Hole_River) rivers, thence into the [Ossipee River](/source/Ossipee_River), [Saco River](/source/Saco_River) and the [Gulf of Maine](/source/Gulf_of_Maine). The southwest side drains into the [Melvin River](/source/Melvin_River) which flows into [Lake Winnipesaukee](/source/Lake_Winnipesaukee), thence into the [Winnipesaukee River](/source/Winnipesaukee_River), [Merrimack River](/source/Merrimack_River), and into the Gulf of Maine in [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

## See also

- [New Hampshire portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:New_Hampshire)

- [List of mountains of New Hampshire](/source/List_of_mountains_of_New_Hampshire)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pb_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pb_1-2) ["Mount Shaw, New Hampshire"](http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6745). *Peakbagger.com*. Retrieved February 8, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hall, Anthony, *Igneous Petrology,* Longman, 1987 p.75 - 76 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-582-30174-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-582-30174-2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** G. Nelson Eby. ["Ossipee Field Trip Guide"](http://faculty.uml.edu/nelson_eby/Field%20Trip%20guides/Ossipee%20NHGS.pdf) (PDF). [University of Massachusetts Lowell](/source/University_of_Massachusetts_Lowell). Retrieved December 17, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence"](http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=41407). *Peakbagger.com*. Retrieved February 8, 2013.

## External links

- ["Mount Shaw"](https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/869884). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior).

- ["Mt. Shaw"](http://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/NewHampshire/mtshaw.php), FranklinSites.com Hiking Guide

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