Inselbergs

Connected Sites: 24

An inselberg is an isolated hill, knob, ridge, outcrop, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. Also known as "monadnock" in the US, or "kopje" in southern Africa.

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Connected Sites

Uluru
Uluru
Australia
Inscribed: 1987
4.40
179
6
Uluru
Taï National Park
Taï National Park
Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed: 1982
3.08
3
0
Mont Niénokoué
Comoé National Park
Comoé National Park
Côte d'Ivoire
Inscribed: 1983
1.82
5
2
Contains "Rocky Inselbergs" (Ab Ev)
Glacier parks
Glacier parks
Canada, United States of America
Inscribed: 1979
4.08
150
5
Chief Mountain
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Inscribed: 2000
2.69
13
2
Voltzberg Dome
See Www.Wondermondo.Com
Sigiriya
Sigiriya
Sri Lanka
Inscribed: 1982
3.70
230
8
Centred On The Great Sigiriya Rock, A Massive Monadnock Or Inselberg Rising About 200 Metres Above The Surrounding Plain
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
Inscribed: 1991
3.36
208
7
"Cave-Temple Complex Is Established On An Inselberg Or Erosional Remnant Of Importance In The Study Of The Island's Geological History" (Unesco)
Matobo Hills
Inscribed: 2003
3.19
57
2
"The Landscape Is Visually And Ecologically Distinguished From The Surrounding Dry Savannah. A Profusion Of Distinctive Granite Landforms, Densely Packed Into A Comparatively Tight Area, Rise Up To Form A Sea Of Hills. Their Forms Have Resulted From The Varied Composition And Alignment Of The Granites, Which Responded Differently To Millions Of Years Of Weathering, Leaving Inselbergs (Large Individual Vertical Rocks), Kopjes, Crenellated Ridges, Dwalas Or Hump-Backed Domes, And What Look Like Randomly Heaped Boulders." (Ab Eval)
Tsodilo
Tsodilo
Botswana
Inscribed: 2001
3.08
24
11
Tsodilo Is Situated In The North-Western Corner Of Botswana Near The Namibian Border. Its Massive Quartzite Rock Formations Rise From Ancient Sand Dunes To The East And A Dry Fossil Lake Bed To The West. They Are Therefore Called "Inselbergs," (Nom File)
Al Ain
Al Ain
United Arab Emirates
Inscribed: 2011
2.55
140
8
Jebel Hafeet
Serengeti
Serengeti
Tanzania
Inscribed: 1981
4.41
150
5
"The Serengeti Plain Is Punctuated By Granite Outcroppings Known As Kopjes. These Outcroppings Are The Result Of Volcanic Activity. Kopjies Provide A Microhabitat For Non-Plains Wildlife. One Kopje Likely To Be Seen By Visitors To The Serengeti Is The Simba Kopje (Lion Kopje). The Serengeti Was Used As Inspiration For The Animated Disney Feature Film The Lion King And Subsequent Theatrical Production. (Wiki)
Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum
Jordan
Inscribed: 2011
3.98
299
8
"Hedeib Al-Fala. This Is An Area Of Inselbergs At The East End Of Khor Al Ajram" And "The Jordanian Tableland Was Uplifted ...Ongoing Uplift And Erosion Triggers The Collapse Of Cliff Sections And Consequent Debris On The Valley Floors, As Well As Leaving Isolated Remnants ('Inselbergs') Of Once Larger Massifs."
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1996
2
0
"The Inselbergs Of The Region Are A Unique Habitat Which Harbor An Endemic Flora"
See (Www.Unep-Wcmc.Org
Brazilian Atlantic Islands
Inscribed: 2001
3.21
20
4
Fernando De Noronha
Rio de Janeiro
Inscribed: 2012
3.61
263
6
Sugarloaf Mountain
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Lopé-Okanda
Inscribed: 2007
1.95
11
1
Inselberg Forests (Unep-Wcmc)
Uvs Nuur Basin
Uvs Nuur Basin
Mongolia, Russia
Inscribed: 2003
2.69
9
0
Sculptured Granite Inselbergs Of Which Yamaalyg Reserve Is One (Unep-Wcmc)
Canaima National Park
Inscribed: 1994
3.74
37
3
The Park's Landscape Is Studded With An Archipelago Of More Than Thirty Spectacularly Isolated Inselbergs (Unep-Wcmc)
Namib Sand Sea
Inscribed: 2013
4.08
139
4
El Pinacate
Inscribed: 2013
3.08
21
5
Sierra Del Rosario
Laponian Area
Inscribed: 1996
3.36
89
7
Well-Developed Geomorphological Features That Illustrate The Origin And Ongoing Processes In The Area Include Monadnocks... (Ab Ev)
Garamba National Park
Garamba National Park
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Inscribed: 1980
2
1
“Plateau … Broken By Inselbergs” Ab Ev
Vegaøyan
Inscribed: 2004
2.56
49
6
"A Notable And Valuable Feature Of The Vega Archipelago Is The Wedge-Shaped Mountains Or "Monadnocks". There Are Two Of Them On The Main Island Of Vega And A Third One Forms The Island Of Sola" (Iucn Eval)
Rock Art in the Hail Region
Inscribed: 2015
3.25
41
4
"The Former Freshwater Lake Of Jubbah Was One Of Several Such Water Bodies Owing Their Existence To A Series Of Sandstone Inselbergs, Occurring Mostly In A North-South Alignment. (...) The Largest Of These Mountains Is Jabal Umm Sinman (...)" (Nomination File, P. 13)