Camel's Hump is Vermont's third highest mountain, but perhaps its most recognized. Part of the Green Mountain range, it is one of the oldest mountains on earth. With its neighbor to the north, Mount Mansfield, it borders the notch that the antecedent Winooski River has carved through this area over eons. State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas Official languages None Area 24,923 km² (45th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... The Green Mountains may refer to: The Green Mountains in Vermont in the United States extending into southern Quebec in Canada. ... Mount Mansfield Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in the U.S. State of Vermont. ... The Winooski River is a tributary of Lake Champlain, approximately 90 miles (145 km) long, in northern Vermont in the United States. ...

Camel's Hump is more notable for its shape than its height of 4,083 feet. Isolated from neighboring peaks by the Winooski Valley and glacial action, the mountain's conical silhouette is distinctive, if misleading. While it looks somewhat volcanic from the east and west, the movement of glacial ice created its current form. It has two "humps", with the southernmost being the higher, and a steep drop to the south as a result of a quarrying action of the ice passing over it. Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner. ...

Since Europeans first saw the mountain, probably on Samuel de Champlain's 1609 trip down Lake Champlain to the west, it has had a number of names related to its shape. "Camel's Hump" is a modified version of "Camel's Rump." The "Couching Lion" was an earlier name, a version of the French heraldic lion couchant image. This article is about the continent. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (c. ... Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... Landsat photo Lake Champlain, named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who encountered it 1609, is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in Quebec. ... Heraldry is the science and art of describing of coats-of-arms, also referred to as achievements or armorial bearings. ...

The Abnaki name for the mountain was "ta wak be dee esso wadso," or "tahwahbodeay wadso" (wadso meaning mountain), which has been variously translated as "resting place", "sit-down place", and "prudently, we make a campfire in a circle near water (and rest) at this mountain." Abenaki wigwam with birch bark covering The Abenaki (also Wabanaki) are a tribe of Native Americans belonging to the Algonquian peoples of the Northeast portion of North America. ...

One of only two spots of true Arctic tundra in Vermont exists on the summit (the other being on Mount Mansfield).

Camel's Hump is featured on the state seal and the state quarter. Obverse of redesigned quarter The 50 State Quarters program is the release of a series of commemorative coins by the United States Mint. ...

References

• Huden, John C. (1962) Indian Place Names of New England, Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation
• Johnson, Charles W. (1980) The Nature of Vermont: Introduction and Guide to a New England Environment, The University Press of New England ISBN 0-87451-182-6
• Meeks, Harold A. (1986) Vermont's Land and Resources, The New England Press ISBN 0-933050-40-2
• Morrissey, Charles T. (1984) Vermont A History, W.W.Norton and Co. ISBN 0-393-30223-7