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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
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Bald Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Ben Amera

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Boyagin Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Brandberg Mountain

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Dundret

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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El Peñón de Guatapé

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Enchanted Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Granite Mountain, Texas

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Half Dome

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Independence Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Kokerbin Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Lembert Dome

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Liberty Cap

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Moro Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Augustus

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Mount Conner

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Hombori

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Inago

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Ledang

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Lico

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Mecula

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Mulanje

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Namuli

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Mount Wudinna

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Murphy's Haystacks

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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North Dome, Yosemite

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Paarl Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Pedra Azul (Espirito Santo)

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Pidurangala Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Piedra del Cocuy

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Preikestolen

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Remarkable Rocks

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Sentinel Dome

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Sibebe Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Spitzkoppe

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Thicketty Mountain

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Uluru

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Yapahuwa

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Zuma Rock

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths
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Sources
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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