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Last updated Dec 22 2023.
Originally posted Dec 22 2023 8:19 AM.
An inselberg is an isolated hill, ridge, or small mountain that abruptly protrudes out from a virtually level surrounding plain. The word inselberg translates to "Island Mountain" in German, and it was first used by Wilhelm Bornhardt in 1900, a geologist who found the landforms in southern Africa. The word monadnock is of Native American origin and it refers to a solitary hill rising above the flat area surrounding it.
Monocline
A one-sided fold-like structure in which layers of rock warp upwards or downwards.
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