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.

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, 863 m) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Brazil

• Sugarloaf Mountain (396 m) 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
• Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown

Colombia

• El Peñón de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Mont Niénokoué in Taï National Park

Hungary

• Somlóhegy

Israel

• Mount Tabor

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

• Mulanje Massif

Mali

• Hand of Fatima

Mexico

• Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California del Norte

Mozambique

• Aliti

Nigeria

• Wase Rock

Norway

• Hårteigen

Portugal

• Monsanto da Beira

Serbia

• Fruška Gora

Sri Lanka

• Sigiriya

Tunisia

• Jugurtha's Table

United Kingdom

• North Berwick Law
• Suilven in Scotland
• The Wrekin in England

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
• Shiprock in New Mexico
• 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

• Piedra del Cocuy

Zimbabwe

• Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain

See also

• Bornhardt
• Butte
• Monolith

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.

1. <http://www.hyden.asn.au/geo_explan.htm
2. http://www.noosabiosphere.org.au/explore/land
3. http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/murphysHayStacks.html
4. http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/pildappaRock.html