An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. If the inselberg is dome-shaped and f
Uluru in Australia
Pietra di Bismantova in the Apennines, Italy
Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, USA.
Cono de Arita, a conical sandstone inselberg in the middle of Salar de Arizaro, Argentina
Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It crops out near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory,
Inselberg
…Uluru in Australia An inselberg or monadnock ( mə-NAD-nok) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping…
View of Uluru from the ISS
Driving on the A4 Lasseter Highway from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, April 2007