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.
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Africa
- Cameroon
- Ngog Lituba in the Sanaga-Maritime Department
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Kenya
- Sergoit Hill[citation needed]
- Madagascar
- Mont Angavokely[citation needed]
- Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif[citation needed]
- Malawi
- 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
- 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, Espírito 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
- Boar's Tusk in Wyoming
- 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
Asia
- India
- Israel
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Malaysia
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
- Portugal
- Monsanto da Beira
- Serbia
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- North Berwick Law in Scotland
- Suilven in Scotland
- The Wrekin in England
- Brent Knoll in England
See also
References
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