inselberg

noun

Definition of inselbergnext
as in seamount

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inselberg
  1. seamount
  2. knob
  3. cordillera
  4. mountain range
  5. sierra
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  • The issue was further complicated by the fact that less than one-tenth of one percent of the world’s seamounts has been explored with any significant detail, even as they are found in every world ocean basin.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 2 June 2026
  • The symbiotic worm was found on a volcanic seamount in the Shichiyo Seamount Chain, Japan, at a depth of 2,595 feet.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Definition of seamount
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  • Even the most outdated cabinets can be given a makeover by replacing the cabinet hardware—think swapping out those white enamel knobs for bars with a matte black finish, for example.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, The Spruce, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In an era when automakers seem determined to replace every knob and switch with a touchscreen command, even small dedicated controls deserve recognition.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of knob
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  • At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.
    — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of cordillera
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  • The third stage, starting in Geneva, takes the peloton north across the border into France and through the Jura mountain range before finishing in the town of Poligny.
    — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Emergency crews on the ground and in helicopters are scouring the Karakoram mountain range for the 10 climbers, including one American, who are believed to be have been on 8,047-meter-tall Broad Peak when an avalanche struck around midday Thursday.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Definition of mountain range
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  • Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.
    — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
  • 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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