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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.

Africa

;Cameroon

;Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

;Kenya

  • Sergoit Hill{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

;Madagascar

;Malawi

;Mali

;Mozambique

;Nigeria

;Tunisia

;Zimbabwe

Americas

;Argentina

  • Various ignimbrite inselbergs in Sierra de Lihuel Calel, La Pampa Province{{cite book |last1=Aguilera |first1=Emilia Y. |last2=Sato |first2=Ana María |last3=Llambías |first3=Eduardo |last4=Tickyj |first4=Hugo |date=2014|chapter=Erosion Surface and Granitic Morphology in the Sierra de Lihuel Calel, Province of La Pampa, Argentina |title=Gondwana Landscapes in southern South America |editor-last=Rabassa|editor-first=Jorge|editor-link=Jorge Rabassa|editor-last2=Ollier|editor-first2=Cliff|editor-link2=Cliff Ollier |publisher=Springer |pages=393–422 }}

;Brazil

;Canada

;Colombia

  • Peñol de Entrerríos, Antioquia
  • Peñol de Guatapé (La Piedra de Peñol), Antioquia{{cite book |last1=García |first1=Carolina |last2=Hermelin |first2=Michel|date=2016|chapter=Inselbergs Near Medellín |title=Landscapes and Landforms of Colombia|editor-last=Hermelin|editor-first=Michel |publisher=Springer |page=219 |isbn=978-3-319-11800-0 }}
  • Cerros de Mavecure, Guainía
  • Tabor Mount, Antioquia

;Guyana

;Mexico

  • Cerro el Almacén, Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California Norte{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

;United States

;Venezuela

  • Piedra del Cocuy{{cite journal |last1=Huber |first1=Otto |date=2001 |title=Conservation and environmental concerns in the Venezuelan Amazon |journal=Biodiversity and Conservation |volume=10 |issue= 10|pages=1627–1643 |doi= 10.1023/a:1012042628406|s2cid=6085853 }}

Asia

;India

;Israel

;Sri Lanka

;Thailand

;Malaysia

Australia

  • Boyagin Rock
  • Gill Pinnacle
  • Hyden Rock{{Cite web |url=http://www.hyden.asn.au/geo_explan.htm |title=Hyden Western Australia |website=www.hyden.asn.au |access-date=2010-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106041051/http://www.hyden.asn.au/geo_explan.htm}} of which Wave Rock is part
  • Kokerbin Rock
  • Mount Augustus, Western Australia
  • Mount Conner (Attila)
  • Mount Cooran{{Cite web | url=http://www.noosabiosphere.org.au/explore/land | title=Noosa Biosphere Ltd.: Explore – Eco Systems – Land | access-date=2010-08-13 | archive-date=2017-06-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616124141/http://noosabiosphere.org.au/explore/land | url-status=dead }}
  • Mount Cooroora
  • Mount Cooroy
  • Mount Oxley (New South Wales)
  • Murphy's Hay Stack{{Cite web | url=http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/murphysHayStacks.html | title=Murphy's haystacks – Inselbergs – Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia | access-date=2010-08-13 | archive-date=2017-02-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224235328/http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/murphysHayStacks.html | url-status=live }}
  • Pildappa Rock{{Cite web | url=http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/pildappaRock.html | title=Pildappa Rock – Eyre Peninsula – Nullarbor Travel Guide Australia | access-date=2010-08-13 | archive-date=2017-07-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712094230/http://www.nullarbornet.com.au/themes/pildappaRock.html | url-status=live }}
  • Uluru (Ayers Rock, 863 m) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), both within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
  • The You Yangs, Victoria

Europe

;Finland

;Italy

;Hungary

  • Somlóhegy{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

;Norway

;Portugal

;Serbia

;Sweden

  • Blå Jungfrun{{cite web |url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/inselberg |title=Inselberg |last=Lidmar-Bergström |first=Karna |author-link=Karna Lidmar-Bergström |website=Nationalencyklopedin |publisher=Cydonia Development |access-date=June 22, 2015 |language=sv |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908153941/http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%c3%a5ng/inselberg |url-status=live }}
  • Dundret{{cite report |last1=Lidmar-Bergström |first1=Karna |author-link=Karna Lidmar-Bergström |last2=Olvmo |first2=Mats |date=2015 |title=Plains, steps, hilly relief and valleys in northern Sweden – review, interpretations and implications for conclusions on Phanerozoic tectonics |url=http://resource.sgu.se/produkter/c/c838-rapport.pdf |publisher=Geological Survey of Sweden |page=12 |access-date=June 29, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026145444/http://resource.sgu.se/produkter/c/c838-rapport.pdf |url-status=live }}

;United Kingdom

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.

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