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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.
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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
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—Brian Romans, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2008
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
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Under chemical analysis, scientists were able to reconstruct past environmental changes like ocean temperature shifts and the eruptions of underwater seamounts, which left their marks on the ancient sponge.Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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Protecting underwater mountains, called seamounts, would contribute greatly to conservation efforts.Ashley Balzer Vigil, Discover Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
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This metal lock has claws that grip onto the strike plate of a door, locking the knob in place once the door is closed.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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Are automakers welcoming back physical knobs and switches?Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
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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 15 Jan. 2025.
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