inselberg

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Recent Examples of inselberg Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches. Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024 Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 26 June 2019 Since the 1950s, more than 30 people have died climbing the sandstone inselberg, which juts up 1,142 feet from the surrounding plains. Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017 This inselberg of nearly vertical Precambrian strata is about 2.5 kilometers long and more than 350 meters high 44. Brian Romans, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2008
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inselberg
Noun
  • Zoom in: Given its proximity to the coast and level of activity, the seamount was picked to be the first underwater volcano observatory in the world.
    Kale Williams, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Scientists are eager to conduct further research to understand how the ban may be benefitting Chilean seamounts.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • While the Heston 120’s design pleasingly includes a classic set of analogue Marshall control knobs, it can also be fully controlled using a new Marshall app that includes an option to run a room calibration system to adapt the soundbar’s sound to your particular room layout.
    John Archer, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Check the base of the beater shaft, rims around the motor housing, ventilation openings, and control knobs and switches.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Noun
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020

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“Inselberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inselberg. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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