Mount Katahdin setting (5)

I believe the answer is:

maine

(Other definitions for maine that I've seen before include "New England state" , "North-easterly US state" , "state of USA" , "N. US Atlantic state" , "somewhere in America" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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