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A monadnock or inselberg 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.
- 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, 863m) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- Brazil
- Sugarloaf Mountain(396m) 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 [1]
- Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown
- Colombia
- El Peñón de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Hungary
- Somlóhegy
- Israel
- Italy
- Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Piedmont
- Pietra di Bismantova, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna
- Madagascar
- Mount Angavokely
- Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mexico
- Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California del Norte
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Portugal
- Serbia
- Sri Lanka
- Tunisia
- Jugurtha's Table
- United Kingdom
- 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
- 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
- Zimbabwe
- Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain
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.