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 ChiperonePortik, Daniel & Travers, Scott & Bauer, A. & Branch, William. (2013). A new species of Lygodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) endemic to Mount Namuli, an isolated ‘sky island’ of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa. 3710. 415–435. 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.5.2. 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.AUDET, Sonia, BLAIS Normand, LAVOIE Michelle, L'HEUREUX Stéphane, MORIN Rémi, and PRÉVOST Louise, SITES GÉOLOGIQUES TOURISTIQUES EN ABITIBI-TÉMISCAMINGUE, September 1984, l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue College, Department of History and Geography (in French) p32 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 McCaslin Mountain in northeast Wisconsin 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 Peine Mound in Anderson County, Kansas 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 Pidurangala Rock 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 Hårteigen

Portugal Monsanto da Beira

Serbia Fruška Gora

Sweden Blå Jungfrun Dundret

United Kingdom North Berwick Law in Scotland Suilven in Scotland The Wrekin in England The Malvern Hills in England Brent Knoll in England

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