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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.

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Africa

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
  • Mont Niénokoué in Taï National Park
    • Kenya
  • Sergoit Hill
    • Madagascar
  • Mount Angavokely
  • Pic Boby, part of the Andringitra Massif
    • Malawi
  • Mulanje Massif
    • Mali
  • Hand of Fatima
    • Mozambique
  • Aliti [1]
    • Nigeria
  • Wase Rock
    • Tunisia
  • Jugurtha's Table
    • Zimbabwe
  • Castle Beacon in the Bvumba Mountain

    • Americas

    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 [2]
  • Mont Mégantic in Quebec near Scotstown
    • Colombia
  • El Peñón de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia
    • Mexico
  • Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California Norte
    • 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

    • Asia

    Israel
  • Mount Tabor
    • Sri Lanka
  • Sigiriya

    • Australia

  • Hyden Rock of which Wave Rock is part
  • 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
  • Mount Augustus, Western Australia

    • Europe

    Italy
  • Rocca di Cavour, Cavour, Piedmont
  • Pietra di Bismantova, Castelnovo ne' Monti, Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna
    • Hungary
  • Somlóhegy
    • Norway
  • Hårteigen
    • Portugal
  • Monsanto da Beira
    • Serbia
  • Fruška Gora
    • Sweden
  • Blå Jungfrun
  • Dundret
    • United Kingdom
  • North Berwick Law
  • Suilven in Scotland
  • The Wrekin in England

    • References

    List of inselbergs Wikipedia
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