Mount Carleton
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| Elevation | 817 metres (2,680 feet) |
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| Location | Northumberland County, New Brunswick |
| Range | Appalachian Mountains |
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| Coordinates | 47° 23′ 0″ N, 66° 53′ 0″ W |
| Topographic map | NTS 21O/07 |
Mount Carleton is the highest elevation in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Mount Carleton is a monadnock, an erosional remnant of resistant ingneous rocks that remained after an ancient Mesozoic peneplain surface was uplifted in the Cenozoic to form a plateau. Erosion from glaciers, water, wind has eroded the mountains for hundreds of millions of years. The mountain consists of 400 million-year-old rhyolitic and basaltic volcanics. The underlying rocks of Mount Carleton are part of the Gaspé Belt.
