monadnock

Japanese: monadnock
monadnock

...This is called a monadnock. The term "monadnock", proposed by geomorphologist WM Davis after the example of Mount Monodnock in New Hampshire, USA, has become established as the term for this type of landform. The German school calls it a Restberg, and divides it into two types: "Härtling", which is a hard rock monad that has been eroded slower because the rock is harder than the surrounding area, and "Fernling", which protrudes because it has been at the watershed since the beginning of the erosion cycle.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "monadnock" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これを残丘という。アメリカ合衆国ニューハンプシャー州のモノドノック山の例にちなみ,地形学者W.M.デービスが提唱した〈モナドノックmonadnock〉が,この種の地形の術語として定着している。ドイツ学派はRestbergと呼び,周囲より相対的に硬い岩石であるため浸食が遅れたものを〈硬岩残丘Härtling〉,浸食輪廻の初めから分水界の位置にあり続けたために突起しているものを源地残丘Fernlingとして二分した。…

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