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Granite Domes and Bornhardts

This group collects the Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths subcategory's members whose own description names them as a bornhardt, a dome-shaped or exfoliation dome, or an inselberg in the classic rounded-dome sense, from Uluru and Half Dome to smaller domes such as Enchanted Rock and North Dome, Yosemite. Bornhardts and exfoliation domes are the textbook inselberg landform, an isolated dome of crystalline rock left standing as the softer rock around it weathers away, exposed by sheet after sheet of rock peeling from the surface in a process called exfoliation.

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A bornhardt is a dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock outcropping at least 30 metres (100 ft) in height and several hundred metres in width. 1
Granite Domes and Bornhardts
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Bald Rock

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Ben Amera

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Boyagin Rock

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Brandberg Mountain

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Dundret

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El Peñón de Guatapé

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Enchanted Rock

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Granite Mountain, Texas

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Half Dome

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Independence Rock

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Kokerbin Rock

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Lembert Dome

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Liberty Cap

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Moro Rock

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Mount Augustus

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Mount Conner

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Mount Hombori

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Mount Inago

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Mount Ledang

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Mount Lico

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Mount Mecula

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Mount Mulanje

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Mount Namuli

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Mount Wudinna

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Murphy's Haystacks

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North Dome, Yosemite

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Paarl Rock

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Pedra Azul (Espirito Santo)

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Pidurangala Rock

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Piedra del Cocuy

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Preikestolen

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Remarkable Rocks

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Sentinel Dome

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Sibebe Rock

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Spitzkoppe

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Thicketty Mountain

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Uluru

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Yapahuwa

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Zuma Rock

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1. Wikipedia: Bornhardt
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A bornhardt ( ) is a dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock outcropping at least 30 metres (100 ft) in height and several hundred metres in width.
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