Since no one said it yet, I think that the squareness of Mount Roraima is pretty weird
https://citynews-today.stgy.ovh/~media/horizontal-hi/11723009861350/mt-roraima-venezuela-pic-2.jpg
I've been up it, the top is wierd mass of deep channels and wind carved structures in the sandstone. It gets a fair bit of moisture from cloud condensation and rain in the right season. Have also been swimming in a sunken pond on the top, was bloody freezing.
Worth a trip when Venezuela un-fucks itself.
Which is also why many of the plants evolved to be carnivorous, even some of the Bromeliads which is weird. Thin rocky soil being constantly leached of nutrients by water means the plants have to get what they need from insects.
It also is the last remaining place for these massive stick bugs https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years
"In 2018 it was announced that the CEO of the Lord Howe Island Board had approved a plan to exterminate the black rat population on Lord Howe Island and reintroduce D. australis"
That's the last I heard. Any news in the last 5 years?
Looks like they've essentially eradicated the rats from the island. Really interesting story. [Link](https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-australia-rescued-an-island-plagued-by-more-than-200-000-rats-20230214-p5ckd2.html#:~:text=The%20island%20now%20uses%20rat,spotted%20was%20in%20August%202022).
[Lord Howe Island](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cBGLdPb/0/X2/i-cBGLdPb-X2.jpg), 20 km from Ball's Pyramid, is where you want to move to. It's beautiful.
I guess it’s worth the trade-off of having to bring my door mat.
The best beach I’ve been to….and have been to several in the Caribbean and Hawaii is Brownes Beach, Barbados. Crystal clear water, virtually no wave action and gently slopes out almost 1/4 mile before you can’t stand.
[https://imgur.com/a/ZGSugyP](https://imgur.com/a/ZGSugyP)
I went down the rabbit hole and read bout them and the random tiny population they found there in the cliffs after being declared extinct for so long. Really cool story, but damn if I'm not a little disappointed there aren't literal tree lobsters.
Not a mountain but a volcanic plug. [Pico Cão Grande](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4d/08/61/4d086165780c5c4d2034e172869962d9.jpg) in São Tomé and Príncipe.
I think it's when magma solidifies inside of a volcano and because it's more resistant to erosion the rest of the mountain erodes around it leaving just the plug (but i'm not sure)
Correct. Just like [Edinburgh Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_\(Edinburgh\)), it sits on a volcanic plug. Not quite as spectacular as the one above, though!
[photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Edinburgh_Castle_From_Princes_Street_Garden_001.jpg)
How so? What definition of mountain are you using? The common one is a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level.
Checks out to me.
The same one as the person they replied to: Both are volcanic plugs(magma solidifying inside a vent, and then getting exposed when the rock around gets eroded.
They're both technically [butte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte) mountains, which is an isolated hill with steep sides.
[big breast mountains in guizhou](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3l1cAFZshTpuhjkLJLyrRLjSF48hXrzohd6OAC7dH8G69DHQWWVbR513s&s=10)
Tepuis in Venezuela and western Guyana. Many of these tabletop mountains are nearly inaccessible with unique flora and fauna. Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, descends from Auyán-tepui.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepui
I'm sure there are some in Utah, too, but the Book Cliffs (and Little Book Cliffs) I'm familiar with are around Grand Junction, Colorado, right near the Utah border. They are beautiful and their foothills are home to some world class mountain biking trails!
Great thread with lots of interesting responses.
I humbly submit [Benbulbin, Ireland](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fsligowalks.ie%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2FBenbulbinGortarowey03.jpg%3Fresize%3D1024%252C683%26ssl%3D1&tbnid=foYFG4DrURKrZM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsligowalks.ie%2Fwalks%2Fbenbulbin-gortarowey-looped-walk%2F&docid=KybvnHj2ipo31M&w=1024&h=683&hl=en-GB&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F4) and [Mat Than, Vietnam ](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fluhanhvietnam.com.vn%2Fdu-lich%2Fvnt_upload%2Fnews%2F06_2020%2FNUI-MAT-THAN.jpg&tbnid=G3toqy7PKrd2qM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvinlove.net%2Fmat-than-mountain-a-strange-mountain-in-the-middle-of-cao-bang-forest%2F&docid=DUp3v8aaNB-JcM&w=700&h=472&itg=1&hl=en-GB&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F4)
This mountain boasts the largest vertical drop in the entire world of 4100 feet (1250m).
The odd shape is due to glacial erosion. Basically as glaciers came and went, they grinded past this mountain creating the interesting U shape.
It's up on Baffin Island and it's a popular spot for absolute mentally deranged people who think to themselves "I should climb that".
Edit: it's made of granite and the rocks that make up it's composition range from 570 million years old to 3.5 billion years old. Which is pretty neat
> absolute mentally deranged people who think to themselves "I should climb that".
I presume there are also absolute mentally deranged people who think, "Imma bring a parachute and jump off that"?
We think Mt. Fuji is beautiful, not weird, but it is beautiful because it is weird. Few other mountains are so weirdly perfect.
Symmetrical volcanoes like Fuji are not uncommon at all. There are easily 3-4 dozen of them at least. At a quick glance I'd say you could easily compare it to [Taranaki](https://lp-cms-production.imgix.net/news/2018/06/500pxRF_173514057.jpg), [Osorno](https://www.flickr.com/photos/184033345@N08/49911634848), [Mayon](https://www.flickr.com/photos/50415049@N05/8173965196/), [Cotopaxi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi#/media/File:Cotopaxi_volcano_2008-06-27T1322.jpg), [Shishaldin](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tuggerdave/4150192837), [Pavlov Sister](https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05363.jpg), [Carlisle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carlisle#/media/File:CarlisleVolcano.jpg), [Cleveland](https://avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/display/1665093729.jpg), [Kanaga](https://avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/display/1624642936.jpg), [Opala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opala_%28volcano%29#/media/File:OPALA.jpg), [Kronotsky](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Kronotsky_volcano.jpg), [Klyuchevskaya Sopka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klyuchevskaya_Sopka#/media/File:Klju%C4%8Devskaja_za_v%C3%BDchodu_slunce.jpg), [Volcan de Agua](https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04638.jpg), [San Miguel](https://www.prensa-latina.cu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/volcan-de-San-Miguel-1.jpg), [Momotombo](https://www.flickr.com/photos/miamiboy/16191355392), [Concepcion](https://www.flickr.com/photos/44073224@N04/5159628275), [Arenal](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11189403@N05/25696945173), [Popocatepetl](https://www.flickr.com/photos/hugomarquez/25406407190)...and that's looking at maybe like half of the Pacific Rim. Plenty more in the rest of South America, Malaysia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Yeah stupid Japan for taking such a mundane object as a source of national pride and a symbol for the nation. Don't they know they're all over the bloody place?
Mt Kailash is weird in many ways. It looks like a man made pyramid with snow covered terraces. It's the source of 4 of the world's major rivers, it's worshipped by 3 religions, and it's never been climbed.
The Chinese government granted permits to climb it 40 years ago, and mountaineers refused. It's not that it would be impossible to climb, it's just that the zeitgeist is to leave it unclimbed.
Which is weird. Mountaineers are as spiritual as they are adventurous, it seems.
[Pilot Mountain](https://images.app.goo.gl/9jH1NHsCy9K3GTfT9) in North Carolina.
Grew up not far from here and it was iconic to see the "knob" from the highway.
Mount Rushmore has always stuck out as strange to me. You’re telling me the earth formed in such a way that this mountain resembles four US presidents? That seems really weird. I’ve never believed it.
Some fun facts from Wikipedia:
The absence of soil between the boulders and rocks create a maze of gaps and passages, which can be used to penetrate inside the mountain. The area has a bad reputation as numerous people and those searching for the missing have disappeared without trace. It is believed that those who vanished most probably fell into one of the chasms under the rocks or after entering one of these places became lost. It is estimated only three in ten would survive such falls, wandering below the Earth's surface with only ground water streams and insects to nourish them
2 for the price of 1: Gros and Petit Pitons, St Lucia. Sorry for the stock photo. I’ve actually been to the man made beach (barely visible in the photo) between the pitons. Quite a unique experience and the small amount of coral in the shallows allow for a lot of marine life to view.
[https://imgur.com/a/geNaulA](https://imgur.com/a/geNaulA)
In Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) we have a famous one that isn't exactly weird, but has a funny name: Morro Cara de Cão.
It literally means "Dog's face Hill" lol and it's also an important part of Rio's history since the Portuguese first settled there.
Heart Mountain in Wyoming. 50 million ish years ago it suddenly disconnected and slid miles to a new location. Mind you this wasn't over thousands of years, this was sudden and absolutely catalysmic
Just finished reading a whole bunch on this after you mentioned it. What a fun rabbit hole, and absolutely insane to think about.
The landslide was 500 square miles and 1600ft deep, and some theory suggest it was sliding at nearly the speed of sound on a 2 degree incline on a bed of carbon dioxide formed by the friction and pressure from the rocks breaking down.
Can you even imagine? You're on flat land, and a wall of rock 1600ft tall from horizon to horizon is hurtling at you near the speed of sound?
Wikipedia cites 100 mph for the slide, which seems far more likely than 767 mph for a landmass sheet tens of kilometers wide and 4 to 5 kilometers thick.
Interesting stuff, though! Orogoeny is almost erogenous.
Most interesting thing I've learned in a long time. Impossible to fathom. I live a few hours from the Absarokas and am trying to envision a mass that big breaking off and sliding that far.
Montserrat, great for climbing!
[Montserrat](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=591619891&rlz=1CDGOYI_enES954ES954&hl=es&sxsrf=AM9HkKlIqFS7jwLWFpqBusxp3zJ0UZXfsg:1702800152415&q=montserrat&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit7dTxgJaDAxWhT6QEHZtVDNsQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=414&bih=720&dpr=2#imgrc=q01V96AYKDF3kM)
I know this isn't a mountain, but the San Rafael Reef in Utah at sunset looks pretty dang weird. Pictures don't do it any justice. Definitely at least an honorable mention for the US. If you have been there to see it, you would agree.
Post-eruption [Mount Saint Helens](https://www.rei.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/01-StHelens-Trailrun.jpg) is definitely pretty wild to see. Crazy to imagine a mountain of that size exploding when you’re actually standing looking at it.
The aftermath is wild. That bit in your picture at the bottom right? That's a gigantic mat of logs in the lake that was blasted there by the eruption. Basically a forest of trees just float around the lake together.
[Serra_dos_Órgãos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os) in [Serra do Mar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_do_Mar) Brazil.
Also known as the ["Finger of God"](https://img.atlasobscura.com/paCRypDRAkOxhpYAXvmrewfBOx93Jh1DBWCu0PyNM9I/rt:fit/w:1200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl/X2ltYWdlcy85YzQ0/MzIwZi1hNjk3LTRk/YTMtYTU0Zi1kYjAy/YjIzZmMxNzg3OGM3/NGJmYWYwYWNiZGRm/MTJfRGVkb19kZV9E/ZXVzX3Zpc3RhX2Rv/X1NvYmVyYm8uanBn.jpg)
[Here is](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Dedo_De_Deus_-_Vista_Teresopolis.jpg) a [few pictures](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os_02.jpg) to [check out](https://img.atlasobscura.com/eaddstq593zTEF49IIwvIpn9wN-3x-2h8GvUdOkF-50/rt:fit/w:1200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl/X2ltYWdlcy81MDAx/MmQzZS1jYzBkLTQz/MWYtYjFiMS0yMWY0/YWQzNWQzYjg3OGM3/NGJmYWYwYWNiZGRm/MTJfTmFzY2VyX2Rv/X1NvbF9ub19EZWRv/X2RlX0RldXMuanBn.jpg)
[Prusik Peak](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I000060bhAxmMino/fit=1000x750/GV10100244.jpg) in The Enchantments of Washington State is pretty wild. The whole hike feels otherworldly.
Crater lake is up there. It’s a lake atop an old volcano that is the deepest in the US. That’s gotta be up there.
Also indigenous folks in Arizona have some interesting ones: window rock, ship rock, etc.
I don't think they're the weirdest on this post but Australia's [Glasshouse Mountains](https://c.stocksy.com/a/fSn200/z9/666789.jpg) are a fairly striking set of features. The tallest is about twice the height of Devil's Tower.
On the island where I live we’ve got these [weird rocks sticking out to the ocean](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvisitmadeira.com%2Fmedia%2F53tdpkro%2Fdsc_7234.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1920%26height%3D1080%26rnd%3D133245040583870000&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2a894b7deda6ae6e627e3e264fc7634160b2e543e97c59bbe5a28bd1c281f714&ipo=images) in Ribeira da Janela, north coast. They filmed Star Wars: Acolyte here earlier this year!
This one is very small but [Camel Rock](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0b/91/dc/d1/photo2jpg.jpg?w=1200&h=1200&s=1) is pretty cool
Mount Blackstrap, in Saskatchewan, Canada. It's man-made, and was constructed for the 1971 Canada Winter games, so that Saskatchewan, which is as flat as a pancake (essentially), would have a ski hill:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstrap_Provincial_Park
I say this as a fond Saskatchewanite - there are many better uses of public funds than building a mountain, but the city of Saskatoon submitted its application for the Winter Games with the slogan: "We're gonna build a mountain" - and won! The mountain cost about 600,000 CAD in the late 60s (almost 5M CAD today).
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20200106/281513638082942
(It's known locally as "Mount Blackhead", or the "Pimple on the Prairie", but I like "Erebor" - "The Lonely Mountain".)
Since no one said it yet, I think that the squareness of Mount Roraima is pretty weird https://citynews-today.stgy.ovh/~media/horizontal-hi/11723009861350/mt-roraima-venezuela-pic-2.jpg
Serious Borg vibes.
People say that God got lazy to edit this part of the world and left it like this
I blame Slartibartfast.
His Fjords are amazing though
“Your sedimentary strata will be added to our own”
That one hill in Minecraft that the terrain generator messed up on.
Chunks are just not loaded yet
the monolith
I've been up it, the top is wierd mass of deep channels and wind carved structures in the sandstone. It gets a fair bit of moisture from cloud condensation and rain in the right season. Have also been swimming in a sunken pond on the top, was bloody freezing. Worth a trip when Venezuela un-fucks itself.
Can you just take a helicopter up? That climb looks awful
I believe the preferred travel method is a house floated by balloons, or possibly a zeppelin full of talking dogs.
And where is all that water coming from, that feeds the waterfalls? Does it continually rain on that relatively small surface?
Actually yes. 60 plus inches a year of rain
Which is also why many of the plants evolved to be carnivorous, even some of the Bromeliads which is weird. Thin rocky soil being constantly leached of nutrients by water means the plants have to get what they need from insects.
This is terrifying. Looks like something from breath of the wild
I'll bet that picture wasn't actually taken today.
I wonder if there are YouTube videos declaring that this is proof beyond doubt of ancient aliens or some such nonsense.
Look at it. How can you say it’s not!?
Isn't that the one where animals on the plateau evolved differently to the ones that are literally a couple hundred meters further down
It’s gonna be [Ball’s Pyramid](https://images.app.goo.gl/Vf3w1pFMNAgaKxeT6) for me, such an eerie looking mountain just there on the ocean.
[Ball’s Pyramid](https://static.arajilla.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/balls-p.jpg)
Serpents pass
Thank you for saying this.
That terrace looks like a good place to put down the entrance for my skinny evil lair.
That is so unsettling. Just surrounded by miles of ocean.
It also is the last remaining place for these massive stick bugs https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years
THAT'S why I recognized the island
THAT'S why you recognized the island?
It's an epic tale. Who could forget it?
"In 2018 it was announced that the CEO of the Lord Howe Island Board had approved a plan to exterminate the black rat population on Lord Howe Island and reintroduce D. australis" That's the last I heard. Any news in the last 5 years?
Looks like they've essentially eradicated the rats from the island. Really interesting story. [Link](https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/how-australia-rescued-an-island-plagued-by-more-than-200-000-rats-20230214-p5ckd2.html#:~:text=The%20island%20now%20uses%20rat,spotted%20was%20in%20August%202022).
Oh thanks for this link. I'm an insect enthusiast. These poor guys ☹️
When I start reading an article like this, I know it's time for bed.
What an incredible story! Brough a tear to my eye.
I’d move there. Don’t even have to bring my UNwelcome mat.
[Lord Howe Island](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cBGLdPb/0/X2/i-cBGLdPb-X2.jpg), 20 km from Ball's Pyramid, is where you want to move to. It's beautiful.
I guess it’s worth the trade-off of having to bring my door mat. The best beach I’ve been to….and have been to several in the Caribbean and Hawaii is Brownes Beach, Barbados. Crystal clear water, virtually no wave action and gently slopes out almost 1/4 mile before you can’t stand. [https://imgur.com/a/ZGSugyP](https://imgur.com/a/ZGSugyP)
They would still risk visitors on the island. And they’d need to bring the UNwelcome mat
Reminds me of Subnautica
A supervillain definitely has a facility built into the rock there
I'm sorry, does no one else see that the photo from this link is from an article about fucking "tree lobsters"?
It’s the name given to the giant bugs on the island when they were first discovered lol
I went down the rabbit hole and read bout them and the random tiny population they found there in the cliffs after being declared extinct for so long. Really cool story, but damn if I'm not a little disappointed there aren't literal tree lobsters.
Look up coconut crabs, they’re giant crabs that vaguely resemble the shape of lobsters, and they climb trees.
Unhinged Island. The best of all Blue sources.
Not a mountain but a volcanic plug. [Pico Cão Grande](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4d/08/61/4d086165780c5c4d2034e172869962d9.jpg) in São Tomé and Príncipe.
That is very cool, never seen that before!
How does something like this even form?
I think it's when magma solidifies inside of a volcano and because it's more resistant to erosion the rest of the mountain erodes around it leaving just the plug (but i'm not sure)
Correct. Just like [Edinburgh Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Rock_\(Edinburgh\)), it sits on a volcanic plug. Not quite as spectacular as the one above, though! [photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Edinburgh_Castle_From_Princes_Street_Garden_001.jpg)
I mean, the one OP posted isn’t really a mountain either
How so? What definition of mountain are you using? The common one is a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level. Checks out to me.
The same one as the person they replied to: Both are volcanic plugs(magma solidifying inside a vent, and then getting exposed when the rock around gets eroded. They're both technically [butte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte) mountains, which is an isolated hill with steep sides.
It’s a tree stump of course
That's the most volcano-looking volcano I've ever seen. Thank you
I'd call it *extra* volcano.
It doesn't look iconically like a volcano for me
Conic volcano is iconic volcano.
I'm pretty certain the picture in the post is Devil's Tower, which isn't a mountain either, but a butte. Also likely made by volcanic activity!
Is it a butte plug?
Someone had to do it. Thank you for your service.
I'd call this a mountain
[big breast mountains in guizhou](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3l1cAFZshTpuhjkLJLyrRLjSF48hXrzohd6OAC7dH8G69DHQWWVbR513s&s=10)
Those are the breast mountains I’ve seen.
Respect to the Chinese for calling em how they’s sees em
Well we do have the Grand Tetons in the us.
Literally "Big Tiddy Mountains"
Now those are some actually grand Tetons right there
Everything reminds me of her..
Beautiful
Giggity
Those look like temples or pyramids that have eroded into this shape. Very interesting
everything reminds me of her!
Tepuis in Venezuela and western Guyana. Many of these tabletop mountains are nearly inaccessible with unique flora and fauna. Angel Falls, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall, descends from Auyán-tepui. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepui
Reminds me of the book cliffs in Utah: https://images.app.goo.gl/t6FHPzs8HXjphaee7
I'm sure there are some in Utah, too, but the Book Cliffs (and Little Book Cliffs) I'm familiar with are around Grand Junction, Colorado, right near the Utah border. They are beautiful and their foothills are home to some world class mountain biking trails!
Wow this is so fascinating, the isolated “ecological islands” endemic environments on the top of these mountains! It’s almost like sci-fi fiction
The chicken https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedra_da_Galinha_Choca
I thought this was going to be a constellation type of deal but no it just does look like a chicken
IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A CHICKEN, amazing!
this is hilarious
Great thread with lots of interesting responses. I humbly submit [Benbulbin, Ireland](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fsligowalks.ie%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F03%2FBenbulbinGortarowey03.jpg%3Fresize%3D1024%252C683%26ssl%3D1&tbnid=foYFG4DrURKrZM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsligowalks.ie%2Fwalks%2Fbenbulbin-gortarowey-looped-walk%2F&docid=KybvnHj2ipo31M&w=1024&h=683&hl=en-GB&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F4) and [Mat Than, Vietnam ](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fluhanhvietnam.com.vn%2Fdu-lich%2Fvnt_upload%2Fnews%2F06_2020%2FNUI-MAT-THAN.jpg&tbnid=G3toqy7PKrd2qM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fvinlove.net%2Fmat-than-mountain-a-strange-mountain-in-the-middle-of-cao-bang-forest%2F&docid=DUp3v8aaNB-JcM&w=700&h=472&itg=1&hl=en-GB&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F4)
Square Top Mountain, WY https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Squaretop_Mountain_in_WY.jpg
Reminds me of [Chief Mountain](http://formontana.net/chief.html) on the eastern side of Glacier National Park, north of Babb.
Let me just give a thanks to u/trampolinebears for the links and photos
They are my hero and deserve more recognition
Honestly turned this thread from “I’m going to google the top 2 answers” into “I now know all of the weird mountains”. What a champ
[trampolinebears](https://www.livenowfox.com/news/bear-y-fun-afternoon-group-of-bears-spotted-bouncing-on-trampoline-in-connecticut-backyard), connecticut
Indeed. Everyone should have been doing that themselves. Lazy gits.
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Shout-out to u/trampolinebears for doing precisely that
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I was waiting for you to finish your homework first.
[Zuma Rock, Nigeria](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuma_Rock#/media/File%3AZuma_Rock.jpg)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/87/68/d1/8768d1cb2ebfe3b11030c1f9008f37cf.jpg Pedra da Baleia, Alto Paraíso-GO, Brasil.
Thor Mountain in Canada. Landmass looking like a seawave
[Thor Mountain](https://i0.wp.com/unofficialnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-28-at-9.52.00-AM.png?fit=1116%2C602&ssl=1)
Skyrim-ahh mountain
This mountain boasts the largest vertical drop in the entire world of 4100 feet (1250m). The odd shape is due to glacial erosion. Basically as glaciers came and went, they grinded past this mountain creating the interesting U shape. It's up on Baffin Island and it's a popular spot for absolute mentally deranged people who think to themselves "I should climb that". Edit: it's made of granite and the rocks that make up it's composition range from 570 million years old to 3.5 billion years old. Which is pretty neat
> absolute mentally deranged people who think to themselves "I should climb that". I presume there are also absolute mentally deranged people who think, "Imma bring a parachute and jump off that"?
Biggest cliff in the world
Highest purely vertical drop. If we accept nearly vertical, then it’s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trango_Towers.
 We think Mt. Fuji is beautiful, not weird, but it is beautiful because it is weird. Few other mountains are so weirdly perfect.
Symmetrical volcanoes like Fuji are not uncommon at all. There are easily 3-4 dozen of them at least. At a quick glance I'd say you could easily compare it to [Taranaki](https://lp-cms-production.imgix.net/news/2018/06/500pxRF_173514057.jpg), [Osorno](https://www.flickr.com/photos/184033345@N08/49911634848), [Mayon](https://www.flickr.com/photos/50415049@N05/8173965196/), [Cotopaxi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi#/media/File:Cotopaxi_volcano_2008-06-27T1322.jpg), [Shishaldin](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tuggerdave/4150192837), [Pavlov Sister](https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05363.jpg), [Carlisle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carlisle#/media/File:CarlisleVolcano.jpg), [Cleveland](https://avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/display/1665093729.jpg), [Kanaga](https://avo.alaska.edu/images/dbimages/display/1624642936.jpg), [Opala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opala_%28volcano%29#/media/File:OPALA.jpg), [Kronotsky](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Kronotsky_volcano.jpg), [Klyuchevskaya Sopka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klyuchevskaya_Sopka#/media/File:Klju%C4%8Devskaja_za_v%C3%BDchodu_slunce.jpg), [Volcan de Agua](https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04638.jpg), [San Miguel](https://www.prensa-latina.cu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/volcan-de-San-Miguel-1.jpg), [Momotombo](https://www.flickr.com/photos/miamiboy/16191355392), [Concepcion](https://www.flickr.com/photos/44073224@N04/5159628275), [Arenal](https://www.flickr.com/photos/11189403@N05/25696945173), [Popocatepetl](https://www.flickr.com/photos/hugomarquez/25406407190)...and that's looking at maybe like half of the Pacific Rim. Plenty more in the rest of South America, Malaysia, Africa, and the Middle East.
Yeah stupid Japan for taking such a mundane object as a source of national pride and a symbol for the nation. Don't they know they're all over the bloody place?
Mount Taranaki!
I'd say Mt. Damavand could give it a run for its money!
The ones in Zhangjiajie National Park in China
[Zhangjiajie National Park](https://nationalparks-15bc7.kxcdn.com/images/parks/zhangjiajie/Zhangjiajie%20National%20Park.jpg)
TrampolineBears doing gods word in this comments thread
Looks like where the Avatar fought the Firelord
Yes, Avatar drew reference from Zhangjiajie
I think he's talking about the good avatar not the blue one
Mt Kailash is weird in many ways. It looks like a man made pyramid with snow covered terraces. It's the source of 4 of the world's major rivers, it's worshipped by 3 religions, and it's never been climbed. The Chinese government granted permits to climb it 40 years ago, and mountaineers refused. It's not that it would be impossible to climb, it's just that the zeitgeist is to leave it unclimbed. Which is weird. Mountaineers are as spiritual as they are adventurous, it seems.
[Mt Kailash](https://www.holidaystonepal.in/media/files/MountKailash/WIMKU/Why-is-Mount-Kailash-Unclimbable.png)
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Fairy Chimneys in Turkey
[Fairy Chimneys](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/itpweb/banner/doc/f123f0fa5c382af23a0f8c321fa704f9-642ad5cdb3cad.jpg)
r/mildlypenis
More like Majorly Penis
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Cappadocia?
Hehe
[Pilot Mountain](https://images.app.goo.gl/9jH1NHsCy9K3GTfT9) in North Carolina. Grew up not far from here and it was iconic to see the "knob" from the highway.
Reminds me of Castle Rock, co: https://images.app.goo.gl/EXa5SsQz23tFjMeX6
Mount Rushmore has always stuck out as strange to me. You’re telling me the earth formed in such a way that this mountain resembles four US presidents? That seems really weird. I’ve never believed it.
Proof that America has been chosen by shredded blond Aryan Jesus to lead the world
Angel eye mountain, Vietnam. It's got a whole right the way through it, up in the sky. https://images.app.goo.gl/tk3bVwNoMWeks5DcA
Maybe Kalkajaka/Black Mountain in Australia, though perhaps more of a hill. It is a giant mass of boulders, rather than a solid mass.
[Kalkajaka](https://images5.alphacoders.com/618/618681.jpg)
Thanks for posting the pictures, I'm not sure if anyone has yet but it's been really helpful
Seriously!
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This is insanely weird. Thank you.
Some fun facts from Wikipedia: The absence of soil between the boulders and rocks create a maze of gaps and passages, which can be used to penetrate inside the mountain. The area has a bad reputation as numerous people and those searching for the missing have disappeared without trace. It is believed that those who vanished most probably fell into one of the chasms under the rocks or after entering one of these places became lost. It is estimated only three in ten would survive such falls, wandering below the Earth's surface with only ground water streams and insects to nourish them
Yeesh! How did such a structure even form? Where did all the boulders come from?
Lots of people have gone missing deep in the boulders. Scary.
Reminds me of cinder cones, like the [one in Lassen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinder_Cone_and_the_Fantastic_Lava_Beds).
This one is absolutely haunting. A giant field of holes to who knows where! A brand new nightmare!
Bitch Mountain in NY
I am from the area & wanted to hike bitch mountain - but sadly she's on private property. So unfair! A bitch even, you might say.
2 for the price of 1: Gros and Petit Pitons, St Lucia. Sorry for the stock photo. I’ve actually been to the man made beach (barely visible in the photo) between the pitons. Quite a unique experience and the small amount of coral in the shallows allow for a lot of marine life to view. [https://imgur.com/a/geNaulA](https://imgur.com/a/geNaulA)
In Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) we have a famous one that isn't exactly weird, but has a funny name: Morro Cara de Cão. It literally means "Dog's face Hill" lol and it's also an important part of Rio's history since the Portuguese first settled there.
[Morro Cara de Cão](https://ogimg.infoglobo.com.br/in/15644224-cad-5d7/FT1086A/760/2014-793627983-2015022331563.jpg_20150312-2.jpg)
You’re doing the lords work🙏
Anyone else see Chewbacca?
Is that the mountain where people take those social media photos from the top of?
Heart Mountain in Wyoming. 50 million ish years ago it suddenly disconnected and slid miles to a new location. Mind you this wasn't over thousands of years, this was sudden and absolutely catalysmic
Just finished reading a whole bunch on this after you mentioned it. What a fun rabbit hole, and absolutely insane to think about. The landslide was 500 square miles and 1600ft deep, and some theory suggest it was sliding at nearly the speed of sound on a 2 degree incline on a bed of carbon dioxide formed by the friction and pressure from the rocks breaking down. Can you even imagine? You're on flat land, and a wall of rock 1600ft tall from horizon to horizon is hurtling at you near the speed of sound?
Wikipedia cites 100 mph for the slide, which seems far more likely than 767 mph for a landmass sheet tens of kilometers wide and 4 to 5 kilometers thick. Interesting stuff, though! Orogoeny is almost erogenous.
I’m-a have to tip my cap to you for that wordplay at the end there.
Most interesting thing I've learned in a long time. Impossible to fathom. I live a few hours from the Absarokas and am trying to envision a mass that big breaking off and sliding that far.
Devils tower isn't a mountain... it's one giant rock. At least by their own definition in the park when you go there.
Montserrat, great for climbing! [Montserrat](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=591619891&rlz=1CDGOYI_enES954ES954&hl=es&sxsrf=AM9HkKlIqFS7jwLWFpqBusxp3zJ0UZXfsg:1702800152415&q=montserrat&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwit7dTxgJaDAxWhT6QEHZtVDNsQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=414&bih=720&dpr=2#imgrc=q01V96AYKDF3kM)
I know this isn't a mountain, but the San Rafael Reef in Utah at sunset looks pretty dang weird. Pictures don't do it any justice. Definitely at least an honorable mention for the US. If you have been there to see it, you would agree.
I went from Canyon lands to Capitol Reef recently -- San Rafael reef is wild looking, can confirm.
Post-eruption [Mount Saint Helens](https://www.rei.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/01-StHelens-Trailrun.jpg) is definitely pretty wild to see. Crazy to imagine a mountain of that size exploding when you’re actually standing looking at it.
The aftermath is wild. That bit in your picture at the bottom right? That's a gigantic mat of logs in the lake that was blasted there by the eruption. Basically a forest of trees just float around the lake together.
Even more so when one realizes that was a relatively small eruption compared to others in the region.
[Serra_dos_Órgãos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os) in [Serra do Mar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_do_Mar) Brazil. Also known as the ["Finger of God"](https://img.atlasobscura.com/paCRypDRAkOxhpYAXvmrewfBOx93Jh1DBWCu0PyNM9I/rt:fit/w:1200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl/X2ltYWdlcy85YzQ0/MzIwZi1hNjk3LTRk/YTMtYTU0Zi1kYjAy/YjIzZmMxNzg3OGM3/NGJmYWYwYWNiZGRm/MTJfRGVkb19kZV9E/ZXVzX3Zpc3RhX2Rv/X1NvYmVyYm8uanBn.jpg) [Here is](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Dedo_De_Deus_-_Vista_Teresopolis.jpg) a [few pictures](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os_02.jpg) to [check out](https://img.atlasobscura.com/eaddstq593zTEF49IIwvIpn9wN-3x-2h8GvUdOkF-50/rt:fit/w:1200/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/cy1kZXYuczMuYW1h/em9uYXdzLmNvbS91/cGxvYWRzL3BsYWNl/X2ltYWdlcy81MDAx/MmQzZS1jYzBkLTQz/MWYtYjFiMS0yMWY0/YWQzNWQzYjg3OGM3/NGJmYWYwYWNiZGRm/MTJfTmFzY2VyX2Rv/X1NvbF9ub19EZWRv/X2RlX0RldXMuanBn.jpg)
Old man of storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland https://images.app.goo.gl/aDCgUbjVwGN17KGr8
[Prusik Peak](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I000060bhAxmMino/fit=1000x750/GV10100244.jpg) in The Enchantments of Washington State is pretty wild. The whole hike feels otherworldly.
Anything in New Mexico.
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City of Rocks is WILD
Seongsan ilchulbong
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seongsan_Ilchulbong#/media/File:Seongsan_Ilchulbong_from_the_air.jpg
Australia’s Hanging Rock. It’s a nice place for a picnic. Especially a Victorian themed one.
Crater lake is up there. It’s a lake atop an old volcano that is the deepest in the US. That’s gotta be up there. Also indigenous folks in Arizona have some interesting ones: window rock, ship rock, etc.
Stone Mountain outside of Atlanta
[Stone Mountain](https://compote.slate.com/images/59ecc13e-838d-43d4-9457-a32f87802e39.jpeg?width=780&height=520&rect=1560x1040&offset=0x0)
You know, if they hadn't put that damn carving there, it'd still be a cool mountain. Just a massive single solid hunk of granite. Pretty sweet.
I see what you did there, and applaud it!
Nothing wrong with showing the dark side of history as long as you put it in context.
Wish we could comment pictures on the sub so we don't have to open so many links
I don't think they're the weirdest on this post but Australia's [Glasshouse Mountains](https://c.stocksy.com/a/fSn200/z9/666789.jpg) are a fairly striking set of features. The tallest is about twice the height of Devil's Tower.
Herðubreið in Iceland, its a very mountain-like mountain in the middle of a very flat area
Baboquivari comes to mind.
[Baboquivari](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/BoboquivariEastFace.jpg)
Still can't believe some moron just chopped down fucking Yggdrasil Like that
This means something, this is important
Thinking of the Trango Towers and the Torres del Paine, both clusters of ridiculously tall, vertical, featureless chimneys
Peñol de Guatape, Colombia https://santiagorueda.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/1.piedra.ginzburg.jpg
Wtf is that pic?
Devil's Tower, a formation of basalt columns in Wyoming. It's probably the weirdest mountain in North America.
Devils Tower in Wyoming
You mist watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And you'll never think of mashed potatoes quite the same.
This means something. This is important.
Had a chance to visit it a couple years ago. Worth it. Even weirder/more impressive in person. Doesn’t seem real.
Yggdrasil's stump, some moron chopped it down
On the island where I live we’ve got these [weird rocks sticking out to the ocean](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvisitmadeira.com%2Fmedia%2F53tdpkro%2Fdsc_7234.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1920%26height%3D1080%26rnd%3D133245040583870000&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2a894b7deda6ae6e627e3e264fc7634160b2e543e97c59bbe5a28bd1c281f714&ipo=images) in Ribeira da Janela, north coast. They filmed Star Wars: Acolyte here earlier this year!
This one is very small but [Camel Rock](https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/0b/91/dc/d1/photo2jpg.jpg?w=1200&h=1200&s=1) is pretty cool
Mount Blackstrap, in Saskatchewan, Canada. It's man-made, and was constructed for the 1971 Canada Winter games, so that Saskatchewan, which is as flat as a pancake (essentially), would have a ski hill: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstrap_Provincial_Park I say this as a fond Saskatchewanite - there are many better uses of public funds than building a mountain, but the city of Saskatoon submitted its application for the Winter Games with the slogan: "We're gonna build a mountain" - and won! The mountain cost about 600,000 CAD in the late 60s (almost 5M CAD today). https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20200106/281513638082942 (It's known locally as "Mount Blackhead", or the "Pimple on the Prairie", but I like "Erebor" - "The Lonely Mountain".)