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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
Noun
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These cobalt crusts are found on seamount slopes, which contain vital metals such as cobalt, nickel, and platinum.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The seamount is 250 miles north of Palau — an island country east of the Philippines — and multibeam sonar revealed its peak is hidden about 800 feet below the surface.—
Mark Price,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Of course, Macy is not actually spending late nights at the distillery twisting knobs and loading the wash into fermenters.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
14 June 2026
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The screen shows headset battery life and audio signal information, and the knob adjusts the headset volume.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
14 June 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Next to it was one of the vast open spaces where the city of Ottawa carted and dumped the snow removed from city streets—a vast mountain range of gray-white that survived into the heat of early summer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Helicopter rides trace The Remarkables mountain range, before landing on glaciers and in hidden valleys.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Scaling Mount Mahomes, and the even greater sierra representing their title drought, requires Purdy to summon his best as the adversity increases.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
21 Oct. 2024
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In most parts of the city, the sierras of Hefty will be replaced by toy-soldier lines of plastic cans.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
12 Dec. 2023
Cite this Entry
“Inselberg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inselberg. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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