An inselberg or monadnock (/məˈnædnɒk/ mə-NAD-nok) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping...
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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...
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Alfred Inselberg (22 October 1936, Athens, Greece – 30 December 2019, Tel Aviv, Israel) was an American-Israeli mathematician and computer scientist based...
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Highlands) Traprock mountain Belki Bergsknalle Conical hill Golets (geography) Inselberg Kuppe Line parent Mound Mount Mittelgebirge Residual hill Tower karst...
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Denudation in the Mesozoic is counted at most in hundreds of meters. The inselberg plain of Finnish Lapland is estimated to have formed in Late Cretaceous...
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by exfoliation Bornhardt – A large dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock Inselberg – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat terrain Butte – Isolated...
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Mount Augustus (Western Australia) (category Inselbergs of Western Australia)
It has been a sacred site for thousands of years. It is a prominent inselberg that stands 1,106 metres (3,629 ft) above sea level, or approximately...
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solitary hill, which is known as "Hyden Rock". This hill, which is a granite inselberg, lies about 3 km (2 mi) east of the small town of Hyden and 296 km (184 mi)...
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Serra da Neve inselberg area. Acontias mukwando is named for the noun "mukwando" in honor of the Catchi villagers of Serra da Neve inselberg, who provided...
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design emphasizes the quantization level for each data attribute. Inselberg (Inselberg 1997) made a full review of how to visually read out parallel coordinates...
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lings. The landscape of large parts of Lapland is an inselberg plain. It has been suggested the inselberg plains were formed in the Late Cretaceous or Paleogene...
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be formed by natural processes: Butte Cliff Cut bank Escarpment Gorge Inselberg, or monadnock Mesa Peak Promontory River cliff Sea cliff Stack Stone run...
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The Hemlock Stone or Himlack Stone is an inselberg on Stapleford Hill at Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, England. The Hemlock Stone is an outcrop of New...
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Mount Monadnock (category Inselbergs of North America)
of the erosion of a softer one once surrounding it (a landform termed "inselberg" ("island-peak") elsewhere in the world). The word "monadnock" is derived...
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Stone Mountain (category Inselbergs of North America)
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park, 15 miles (24 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia. Outside the park is...
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El Peñón de Guatapé (category Inselbergs of South America)
(Spanish: El Peñón de Guatapé) (Tahamí language: Mojarrá) is a landmark inselberg in Colombia. It is located in the town and municipality of Guatapé, Antioquia...
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ridge – Ridge with a moderate sloping backslope and steeper frontslope Inselberg, also known as Monadnock – Isolated, steep rock hill on relatively flat...
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different ecosystems: tropical rainforests, coastal mangroves, savannahs, inselbergs and many types of wetlands. It lies within three ecoregions: Guayanan...
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initial stages of soil development have been described on volcanoes, inselbergs, and glacial moraines. How soil formation proceeds is influenced by at...
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mountains regardless of isolation; thus, not all bornhardts are inselbergs and not all inselbergs are bornhardts. Bornhardts are commonly composed of igneous...
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Mount Lambak (Malay: Gunung Lambak) is an inselberg in Kluang District, Johor, Malaysia. The summit is 510 m above sea level. Gunung Lambak is the Hausberg...
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it has been noted that many savannas occur in areas of pediplains and inselbergs. It has been posited that river incision is not prominent but that rivers...
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Sigiriya (category Inselbergs of Asia)
Sigiriya or Sinhagiri (Lion Rock Sinhala: සීගිරිය, Tamil: சிகிரியா/சிங்ககிரி, pronounced SEE-gi-ri-yə) is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern...
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coastline also are part of the economy. It is the home to the Idanre inselberg hills, the highest geographical point in the western half of Nigeria at...
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the district capital of Kuala Muda. Mount Jerai is a 1,217- metre tall inselberg located near the coast of the Strait of Malacca, and is part of an eponymous...
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climate. Situated at the southern foothills of the Tenasserim Hills, inselbergs and massifs dominate the state's flat landscape, with Mount Ledang being...
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the peaks of the Alpine chain, which belong to the Limestone Alps, two inselbergs, Fläscherberg (1,135 m or 3,724 ft above sea level) in the south and Eschnerberg...
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Uluru (category Inselbergs of Australia)
occurred in 2016 and the summer of 2020–21. Uluru is an inselberg, meaning "island mountain". An inselberg is a prominent isolated residual knob or hill that...
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Coordinates 01°36′10″N 103°32′45″E / 1.60278°N 103.54583°E / 1.60278; 103.54583 Geography Location Kulai District, Johor Geology Mountain type Inselberg...
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Duricrust A duricrust inselberg near Dori, Burkina Faso Key minerals Soluble minerals Climate Arid Primary Various Secondary Various...
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