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.

Africa

Cameroon

• Ngog Lituba in the Sanaga-Maritime Department

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

• Mont Niénokoué in Taï National Park

Kenya

• Sergoit Hill

Madagascar

• Mont Angavokely
• Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif

Malawi

• Mulanje Massif

Mali

• Hand of Fatima

Mozambique

• Mount Chiperone
• Mount Inago
• Mount Mabu
• Mount Namuli
• Serra Jeci
• Serra Mecula
• Mount Lico

Nigeria

• Wase Rock
• Zuma Rock

Tunisia

• Jugurtha Tableland

Zimbabwe

• Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain

Americas

Argentina

• Various ignimbrite inselbergs in Sierra de Lihuel Calel, La Pampa Province

Brazil

• Pedra Agulha in Pancas, Espírito Santo

Canada

• Gaff Topsails in Newfoundland
• Mount Sylvester in Newfoundland
• Mount Carleton in New Brunswick
• Mount Cheminis/Mont Chaudron in Ontario/Quebec.
• Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown

Colombia

• Peñol de Entrerríos, Antioquia
• Peñol de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia
• Cerros de Mavecure, Guainía
• Tabor Mount, Antioquia

Guyana

• Makatau Mountain

Mexico

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

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

• Piedra del Cocuy

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 of which Wave Rock is part
• Kokerbin Rock
• Mount Augustus, Western Australia
• Mount Conner (Attila)
• Mount Cooran
• Mount Cooroora
• Mount Cooroy
• Mount Oxley (New South Wales)
• Murphy's Hay Stack
• Pildappa Rock
• Uluru (Ayers Rock, 863 m) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
• The You Yangs, Victoria

Europe

Finland

• Lattunavaara
• Naltiotunturi
• Pyhätunturi
• Sattasvaara
• Terävä

Italy

• Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Piedmont
• Pietra di Bismantova, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna

Hungary

• Somlóhegy

Norway

• HÃ¥rteigen

Portugal

• Monsanto da Beira

Serbia

• FruÅ¡ka Gora

Sweden

• BlÃ¥ Jungfrun
• Dundret

United Kingdom

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

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.