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Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont. Originally named "Mountain-With-A-Head-Like-A-Moose" by the Abnaki, the mountain was renamed Mansfield after the now-dissolved town of Mansfield, Vermont, which was named in honor of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. The peak elevation, in the town of Underhill is 4395 feet (1339 m) above sea level. The mountain has the appearance of a human face when viewed from the east, with a distinct forehead, nose, lips, chin (the highest point), and an Adam's apple. Along with Camel's Hump immediately to the south, Mount Mansfield is one of the two spots in Vermont where true Arctic tundra survives from the Wisconsin glaciation, the most recent ice age.
