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Aninselberg(or monadnock) is an isolated hill, knob, ridge, outcrop, or smallmountainthat rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surroundingplain.The following is a list of notable inselbergs worldwide.
Africa
edit- Cameroon
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Kenya
- Sergoit Hill[citation needed]
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Mount Chiperone[2]
- Mount Inago[2]
- Mount Mabu[2]
- Mount Namuli[2]
- Serra Jeci[2]
- Serra Mecula[2]
- Mount Lico
- Nigeria
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
Americas
edit- Argentina
- Variousignimbriteinselbergs inSierra de Lihuel Calel,La Pampa Province[3]
- Brazil
- Canada
- Gaff TopsailsinNewfoundland[citation needed]
- Mount SylvesterinNewfoundland[citation needed]
- Mount CarletoninNew Brunswick[citation needed]
- Mount Cheminis/Mont Chaudronin Ontario/Quebec.[4]
- Mont MéganticinQuebecnearScotstown[citation needed]
- Colombia
- Peñol de Entrerríos,Antioquia[5]
- Peñol de Guatapé(La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia[5]
- Cerros de Mavecure, Guainía
- Tabor Mount, Antioquia[5]
- Guyana
- Mexico
- Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California Norte[citation needed]
- United States
- Mount MonadnockinNew Hampshire;the mountain where the term originated
- Alcovy MountaininGeorgia
- Arabia MountaininGeorgia
- Baraboo RangeinWisconsin
- Boar's Tuskin Wyoming
- Chief MountaininMontana
- Crowders MountainnearKings Mountain, North Carolina
- Devils TowerinWyoming
- Double MountaininTexas
- Enchanted RockinTexas
- Glassy MountainnearPickens, South Carolina
- Joshua Tree National Parkin southernCalifornia
- Little MountaininNewberry County, South Carolina
- Looking Glass RockinNorth Carolina
- Monadnock Mountainin northernVermont
- Mount AgamenticusinMaine
- Mount AngelinOregon
- Mount Ascutneyin southernVermont
- Mount WachusettinMassachusetts
- Panola MountaininGeorgia
- Paris MountainnearGreenville, South Carolina
- Pilot MountaininNorth Carolina
- Rib MountaininWisconsin
- ShiprockinNew Mexico
- Stone MountaininGeorgia
- Stone MountaininNorth Carolina
- Sugarloaf MountaininMaryland
- Thicketty MountaininCherokee County, South Carolina
- Willis MountaininVirginia
- Venezuela
Asia
edit- India
- Israel
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Malaysia
Australia
edit- Boyagin Rock
- Gill Pinnacle
- Hyden Rock[8]of whichWave Rockis part
- Kokerbin Rock
- Mount Augustus,Western Australia
- Mount Conner (Attila)
- Mount Cooran[9]
- Mount Cooroora
- Mount Cooroy
- Mount Oxley (New South Wales)
- Murphy's Hay Stack[10]
- Pildappa Rock[11]
- Uluru(Ayers Rock, 863 m) andKata Tjuta(The Olgas), both withinUluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- TheYou Yangs,Victoria
Europe
edit- Finland
- Italy
- Rocca di Cavour,Cavour,Piedmont[citation needed]
- Pietra di Bismantova,Castelnovo ne' Monti,Reggio Emilia,Emilia Romagna
- Hungary
- Somlóhegy[citation needed]
- Norway
- Portugal
- Serbia
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
See also
editReferences
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- ^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". InRabassa, Jorge;Ollier, Cliff(eds.).Gondwana Landscapes in southern South America.Springer. pp. 393–422.
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- ^Shaw, Paul (1980). "Cave development on a granite inselberg, South Rupumi Savannas, Guyana".Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie.24(1): 68–76.
- ^Huber, Otto (2001). "Conservation and environmental concerns in the Venezuelan Amazon".Biodiversity and Conservation.10(10): 1627–1643.doi:10.1023/a:1012042628406.S2CID6085853.
- ^"Hyden Western Australia".hyden.asn.au.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-01-06.Retrieved2010-08-13.
- ^"Noosa Biosphere Ltd.: Explore – Eco Systems – Land".Archived fromthe originalon 2017-06-16.Retrieved2010-08-13.
- ^"Murphy's haystacks – Inselbergs – Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia".Archivedfrom the original on 2017-02-24.Retrieved2010-08-13.
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- ^abcdeNenonen, 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(2): 239–256.doi:10.17741/bgsf/90.2.008.
- ^Lidmar-Bergström, Karna."Inselberg".Nationalencyklopedin(in Swedish). Cydonia Development.Archivedfrom the original on September 8, 2017.RetrievedJune 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.Archived(PDF)from the original on October 26, 2016.RetrievedJune 29,2016.