Earth:List of inselbergs
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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)
- Mont Niénokoué in Taï National Park[1]
- Kenya
- Sergoit Hill[citation needed]
- Madagascar
- Mont Angavokely[citation needed]
- Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif[citation needed]
- Malawi
- Mulanje Massif
- Mali
- Hand of Fatima
- Mozambique
- Mount Chiperone[2]
- Mount Inago[2]
- Mount Mabu[2]
- Mount Namuli[2]
- Serra Jeci[2]
- Serra Mecula[2]
- Mount Lico
- Nigeria
- Wase Rock
- Zuma Rock
- Tunisia
- Zimbabwe
- Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain[citation needed]
Americas
- Argentina
- Various ignimbrite inselbergs in Sierra de Lihuel Calel, La Pampa Province[3]
- Brazil
- Pedra Agulha in Pancas, Espirito Santo
- Canada
- Gaff Topsails in Newfoundland[citation needed]
- Mount Sylvester in Newfoundland[citation needed]
- Mount Carleton in New Brunswick[citation needed]
- Mount Cheminis/Mont Chaudron in Ontario/Quebec.[4]
- Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown[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
- Makatau Mountain[6]
- Mexico
- Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California Norte[citation needed]
- United States
- Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire; the mountain where the term originated
- Alcovy Mountain in Georgia
- 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 Agamenticus in Maine
- 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
- Piedra del Cocuy[7]
Asia
- India
- Meruda Takkar
- Savandurga
- Israel
- Mount Tabor
- Sri Lanka
- Ritigala
- Sigiriya
- Thailand
- Khao Ok Thalu
- Phu Thok
- Malaysia
- Mount Jerai
- Mount Lambak
- Mount Ledang
- Mount Madai
- Mount Santubong
Australia
- Boyagin Rock
- Gill Pinnacle
- Hyden Rock[8] of which Wave Rock is 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) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- The You Yangs, Victoria
Europe
- Finland
- Italy
- Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Piedmont[citation needed]
- Pietra di Bismantova, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna
- Hungary
- Somlóhegy[citation needed]
- Norway
- Hårteigen
- Portugal
- Monsanto da Beira
- Serbia
- Fruška Gora
- 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.
- ↑ "Parc National de Taï". https://www.parc-national-de-tai.org/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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. Gondwana Landscapes in southern South America. Springer. pp. 393–422.
- ↑ AUDET, Sonia, BLAIS Normand, LAVOIE Michelle, L'HEUREUX Stéphane, MORIN Rémi, and PRÉVOST Louise, SITES GÉOLOGIQUES TOURISTIQUES EN ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE, September 1984, l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue College, Department of History and Geography (in French) p32
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 García, Carolina; Hermelin, Michel (2016). "Inselbergs Near Medellín". in Hermelin, Michel. Landscapes and Landforms of Colombia. Springer. p. 219. ISBN 978-3-319-11800-0.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Hyden Western Australia". http://www.hyden.asn.au/geo_explan.htm.
- ↑ "Noosa Biosphere Ltd.: Explore – Eco Systems – Land". http://www.noosabiosphere.org.au/explore/land.
- ↑ "Murphy's haystacks – Inselbergs – Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia". http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/murphysHayStacks.html.
- ↑ "Pildappa Rock – Eyre Peninsula – Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia". http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/pildappaRock.html.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 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 (2): 239–256. doi:10.17741/bgsf/90.2.008.
- ↑ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna. "Inselberg" (in sv). Cydonia Development. http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/inselberg.
- ↑ Lidmar-Bergström, Karna; Olvmo, Mats (2015). Plains, steps, hilly relief and valleys in northern Sweden – review, interpretations and implications for conclusions on Phanerozoic tectonics (Report). Geological Survey of Sweden. p. 12. http://resource.sgu.se/produkter/c/c838-rapport.pdf. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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