List of inselbergs
An inselberg (or monadnock) is an isolated hill, knob, ridge, outcrop, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. The following is a list of notable inselbergs worldwide.
Africa
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Mont Niénokoué in Taï National Park
- Kenya
- Sergoit Hill
- Madagascar
- Mount Angavokely
- Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif
- Malawi
- Mali
- Hand of Fatima
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Tunisia
- Jugurtha's Table
- Zimbabwe
- Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain
Americas
- Brazil
- Sugarloaf Mountain (396 m) in Rio de Janeiro
- Pedra Agulha in Pancas, Espirito Santo
- Canada
- Gaff Topsails in Newfoundland
- Mount Sylvester in Newfoundland
- Mount Carleton in New Brunswick
- Mount Cheminis/Mont Chaudron in Quebec
- Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown
- Colombia
- El Peñón de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia
- Mexico
- Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California Norte
- United States
- Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire; the mountain where the term originated
- Arabia Mountain in Georgia
- Baraboo Range in Wisconsin
- Crowder's Mountain, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina
- Enchanted Rock in Texas
- Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California
- Little Mountain in Newberry County, South Carolina
- Paris Mountain in Greenville, South Carolina
- Monadnock Mountain in northern Vermont
- Mount Ascutney in southern Vermont
- Mount Wachusett in Massachusetts
- Panola Mountain in Georgia
- Pilot Mountain in North Carolina
- Rib Mountain in Wisconsin
- Shiprock in New Mexico
- Stone Mountain in Georgia
- Stone Mountain in North Carolina
- Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland
- Double Mountain in Texas
- Mount Angel in Oregon
- Willis Mountain in Virginia
- Chief Mountain(2768m) in Montana
- Glassy Mountain in Pickens, South Carolina
- Thicketty Mountain in Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Venezuela
Asia
- Israel
- Sri Lanka
Australia
- Hyden Rock[1] of which Wave Rock is part
- Mount Conner (Attila)
- Mount Cooran[2]
- Mount Cooroora
- Mount Cooroy
- Mount Oxley (New South Wales)
- Murphy's Hay Stack[3]
- Pildappa Rock[4]
- Uluru (Ayers Rock, 863 m) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Europe
- Italy
- Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Piedmont
- Pietra di Bismantova, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna
- Hungary
- Somlóhegy
- Norway
- Portugal
- Monsanto da Beira
- Serbia
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
See also
References
- Twidale, C R, "A contribution to the general theory of domed inselbergs; conclusions derived from observations in South Australia", Inst. British Geog., Pub., (Tr. & Papers), vol.34, pp.91-113, 1964.
- ↑ <http://www.hyden.asn.au/geo_explan.htm
- ↑ http://www.noosabiosphere.org.au/explore/land
- ↑ http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/murphysHayStacks.html
- ↑ http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/pildappaRock.html
- ↑ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna. "Inselberg". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Cydonia Development. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ↑ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna; Olvmo, Mats (2015). Plains, steps, hilly relief and valleys in northern Sweden – review, interpretations and implications for conclusions on Phanerozoic tectonics (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Sweden. p. 12. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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