monadnock
Erosion-resistant hill remnant
A monadnock is an isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a surrounding plain, having resisted the erosion that wore down the land around it.
The term comes from Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, a textbook example of the formation.
Geologists use the word technically, but it appears in general writing about landscapes: The monadnock stood alone on the otherwise flat prairie.
Isolated residual hill
- butteIsolated flat-topped hill
- torHigh rocky outcrop
- kopjeSmall rocky hill
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
pinnacle · crag · outcrop · promontory · summit · hillock · knoll · ridge
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- quartziteMetamorphic silica-rich stone
- gneissFoliated metamorphic rock
- schistPlaty-mineral metamorphic rock
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
erosion · weathering · bedrock · resistant · metamorphic · igneous · outcrop · stratum
Existing alone, apart
- singularOne in number
- remoteDistant or controller
- detachedApart or uninvolved
- distinctClearly distinguishable, separate
prominent · lonely · standalone · conspicuous · remnant · surviving · anomalous · outlier
Withstanding external forces
- ancientVery old indeed
- survivingRemaining alive or intact
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- lastingContinuing through time
unyielding · steadfast · durable · weathered · timeless · remnant · relict · indestructible
Northeastern state, smallest land
- Thoreau19th-century American naturalist-essayist
- EmersonAnglo surname, various namesakes
- transcendentalismIntuition-based idealist philosophy
- KeeneNew Hampshire municipality
inselberg
Isolated residual hill
mesa · pinnacle · crag · outcrop · promontory · summit · hillock · knoll · ridge · escarpment
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- quartziteMetamorphic silica-rich stone
- gneissFoliated metamorphic rock
- schistPlaty-mineral metamorphic rock
basalt · erosion · weathering · bedrock · resistant · metamorphic · igneous · outcrop · stratum · geomorphology
solitary
Existing alone, apart
distinct · prominent · lonely · standalone · conspicuous · remnant · surviving · anomalous · outlier · sentinel
resistant
Withstanding external forces
- ancientVery old indeed
- survivingRemaining alive or intact
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
lasting · unyielding · steadfast · durable · weathered · timeless · remnant · relict · indestructible · stubborn
New Hampshire
Northeastern state, smallest land
- Thoreau19th-century American naturalist-essayist
- EmersonAnglo surname, various namesakes
- transcendentalismIntuition-based idealist philosophy
Keene · Dublin · Peterborough
moraine
Glacier-deposited debris pile
horn · tarn · glaciated · erratic · roche moutonnée · striation · till · alpine