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
- Cameroon
- Ngog Lituba in the Sanaga-Maritime Department
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Kenya
- Sergoit Hill
- Madagascar
- Mont Angavokely
- Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif
- Malawi
- Mali
- Hand of Fatima
- Mozambique
- Mount Chiperone[1]
- Mount Inago[1]
- Mount Mabu[1]
- Mount Namuli[1]
- Serra Jeci[1]
- Serra Mecula[1]
- Nigeria
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
- Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain
Americas
- Argentina
- Various ignimbrite inselbergs in Sierra de Lihuel Calel, La Pampa Province[2]
- Brazil
- 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 Ontario/Quebec
- Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown
- Colombia
- Peñol de Entrerríos, Antioquia[3]
- Peñol de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia[3]
- Tabor Mount, Antioquia[3]
- 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
- Chief Mountain in Montana
- Crowders Mountain near Kings Mountain, North Carolina
- Devils Tower in Wyoming
- Double Mountain in Texas
- Enchanted Rock in Texas
- Glassy Mountain near Pickens, South Carolina
- Joshua Tree National Park in southern California
- Little Mountain in Newberry County, South Carolina
- Looking Glass Rock in North Carolina
- Monadnock Mountain in northern Vermont
- Mount Angel in Oregon
- Mount Ascutney in southern Vermont
- Mount Wachusett in Massachusetts
- Panola Mountain in Georgia
- Paris Mountain near Greenville, South Carolina
- 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
- Thicketty Mountain in Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Willis Mountain in Virginia
- Venezuela
Asia
Australia
- Hyden Rock[5] of which Wave Rock is part
- Mount Augustus, Western Australia
- Mount Conner (Attila)
- Mount Cooran[6]
- Mount Cooroora
- Mount Cooroy
- Mount Oxley (New South Wales)
- Murphy's Hay Stack[7]
- Pildappa Rock[8]
- Uluru (Ayers Rock, 863 m) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- The You Yangs, Victoria
Europe
- Finland
- 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
- North Berwick Law in Scotland
- Suilven in Scotland
- The Wrekin in England
- Brent Knoll in England
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.
- Portik, Daniel & Travers, Scott & Bauer, A. & Branch, William. (2013). A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ‘sky island’ of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa. 3710. 415-435. 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2.
- Aguilera, Emilia Y.; Sato, Ana María; Llambías, Eduardo; Tickyj, Hugo (2014). "Erosion Surface and Granitic Morphology in the Sierra de Lihuel Calel, Province of La Pampa, Argentina". In Rabassa, Jorge; Ollier, Cliff (eds.). Gondwana Landscapes in southern South America. Springer. pp. 393–422.
- García, Carolina; Hermelin, Michel (2016). "Inselbergs Near Medellín". In Hermelin, Michel (ed.). Landscapes and Landforms of Colombia. Springer. p. 219. ISBN 978-3-319-11800-0.
- Huber, Otto (2001). "Conservation and environmental concerns in the Venezuelan Amazon". Biodiversity and Conservation. 10 (10): 1627–1643. doi:10.1023/a:1012042628406.
- http://www.hyden.asn.au/geo_explan.htm
- "Noosa Biosphere Ltd.: Explore - Eco Systems - Land".
- "Murphy's haystacks - Inselbergs - Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia".
- "Pildappa Rock - Eyre Peninsula - Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia".
- Nenonen, Keijo; Johansson, Peter; Sallasmaa, Olli; Sarala, Pertti; Palmu, Jukka-Pekka (2018). "The inselberg landscape in Finnish Lapland: a morphological study based on the LiDAR data interpretation". Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland. 90: 239–256. doi:10.17741/bgsf/90.2.008.
- 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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