Sugarloaf (mountain)
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The name Sugarloaf applies to thousands of raised topographic landforms worldwide: mountains, hills, peaks, summits, buttes, ridges, rock formations, bornhardt
, inselberg, etc. Landforms resembling the characteristic conical shape of a sugarloaf
were often so named. According to the United States Board on Geographic Names
, there are over 200 such designations in the United States alone.
Bornhardt
A bornhardt is a dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock outcropping at least in height and several hundred meters in width. A type of inselberg, bornhardts are typically composed of granites or gneisses, though occasionally formed in other rock types such as dacite, norite, limestone, sandstone and...
, inselberg, etc. Landforms resembling the characteristic conical shape of a sugarloaf
Sugarloaf
A sugarloaf was the traditional form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process that saw the dark molasses-rich raw sugar, which had been imported from...
were often so named. According to the United States Board on Geographic Names
United States Board on Geographic Names
The United States Board on Geographic Names is a United States federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the U.S. government.-Overview:...
, there are over 200 such designations in the United States alone.
Australia
There are over 450 hills, mountains or peaks named with a variant of "sugarloaf" or "sugar loaf". That includes 49 "the Sugarloaf" and 19 "Mount Sugarloaf".- Mount Sugarloaf (New South Wales), Australia
- Sugarloaf Peak and Sugarloaf Saddle in Cathedral RangeCathedral Range (Victoria)Cathedral Range is a mountain range in Victoria, Australia, located in Cathedral Range State Park. The range is formed from a 7km ridge of upturned sedimentary rock, consisting mainly of Sandstone, Mudstone and Conglomerates of the Devonian Period. This has given the range steep sides, and a narrow...
, Victoria - Mt Sugarloaf, a peak on Mount LeuraMount LeuraMount Leura is a 313 metre scoria cone surrounding a dry crater 100 m deep and is the central and most obvious component of a larger volcanic complex southeast of the town of Camperdown located in western Victoria, Australia, 194 kilometres km south west of the state capital, Melbourne...
, Victoria. - Mt Sugarloaf, in Kinglake National ParkKinglake National ParkKinglake is a national park in Victoria, Australia, 50 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. The park includes tracks , and camping facilities....
.
Ireland
- Great Sugar LoafGreat Sugar LoafOften simply known as the Sugar Loaf , this mountain is located in the east of County Wicklow, in Ireland, south of Bray and to the north of the Glen of the Downs Nature Reserve...
, in east County Wicklow - Little Sugar LoafLittle Sugar LoafLittle Sugar Loaf, also called Giltspur Mountain , is a hill in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated East-North-East of the Great Sugar Loaf, separated from it by the N11 dual carriageway...
, in east County Wicklow - Sugarloaf (West Wicklow), in west County Wicklow
- Sugarloaf Hill (Knockmealdowns)Sugarloaf Hill (Knockmealdowns)Sugarloaf Hill is a mountain peak located in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the border between South Tipperary and County Waterford.-See also:* List of mountains in Ireland* Sugarloaf...
, in County Waterford - Sugarloaf (Cork), in southwest County Cork
New Zealand
- Sugar Loaf IslandsSugar Loaf IslandsThe Sugar Loaf Islands are a collection of five small uninhabited islands and several sea stacks near Port Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand. The largest island, Moturoa Island, covers approximately...
, near New Plymouth - Sugarloaf (Christchurch), a peak in the Port Hills with a prominent transmission tower
United States of America
- Sugar Loaf (Mackinac Island)Sugar Loaf (Mackinac Island)Sugar Loaf is a 75-foot-high landlocked rock or stack in the interior of Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. Created by erosion during the period of postglacial Lake Algonquin, Sugar Loaf is the largest post-glacial erosion feature in the Straits of Mackinac...
, a rock formation in on Mackinac Island in Michigan - Sugar Loaf (Winona, Minnesota)
- Sugarloaf Hill (Hudson Highlands)Sugarloaf Hill (Hudson Highlands)Sugarloaf Hill is a peak along the Hudson River in Putnam County, New York, part of the Hudson Highlands. It was named by the Dutch for its resemblance in outline to a sugarloaf when sailing up the river towards it.-Topography:...
, a prominent hill in the Hudson Valley, New York - Sugarloaf Hills, two prominent peaks on Totoket MountainTotoket MountainTotoket Mountain, with a high point of above sea level, is a traprock massif with several distinct summits, located northeast of New Haven, Connecticut. It is part of the Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of...
in Connecticut
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas)Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas)Sugar Loaf Mountain, rising above the fertile valley formed by Little Red River in the center of Cleburne County, Arkansas, is an erosional remnant. It stands as a monument to the eons of time when the river was patiently carving out the valley from the surrounding hills...
, rising 690 feet above the fertile valley formed by Little Red River in the center of Cleburne County - Sugarloaf Mountain (Arizona)Sugarloaf Mountain (Arizona)Sugarloaf Mountain, of Arizona is the tallest peak in the arid, low elevation Belmont Mountains of northwest Maricopa County, and about west of Phoenix. It is also the highest peak of the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness at the northwest end of the Belmont mountain range...
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Butte County, California)Sugarloaf Mountain (Butte County, California)Sugarloaf is the name of two summits in Butte County, California, United States:# Sugarloaf Peak rises to about above mean sea level at near Oroville, California....
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Riverside County, California)Sugarloaf Mountain (Riverside County, California)Sugarloaf Mountain is in Riverside County, California, United States, at milepost 82 on State Route 74. This mountain was officially named by the USGS and appears on their topographic maps. The summit elevation is approximately ....
- Sugarloaf Mountain (near Manitou Springs, Colorado)
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Florida), the highest point of peninsular Florida, located in the city of ClermontClermont, FloridaClermont is a city in Lake County, Florida, United States, west of Orlando. The population was 13,100 in 2008. The city is essentially residential in character and its economy is centered in retail trade, lodging, and food and beverage establishments, which are tourism oriented. The historic...
- Sugar Loaf Mountain, a firing range on Fort Hood, TexasFort Hood, TexasFort Hood is a United States military post located outside of Killeen, Texas. The post is named after Confederate General John Bell Hood. It islocated halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas....
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Franklin County, Maine)Sugarloaf Mountain (Franklin County, Maine)Sugarloaf Mountain is a mountain located in Franklin County, Maine. It is the second highest mountain in the state, after Mount Katahdin. Sugarloaf is flanked to the south by Spaulding Mountain....
- Sugarloaf (ski resort)
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Franklin County, Massachusetts)Sugarloaf Mountain (Franklin County, Massachusetts)Sugarloaf Mountain or Mount Sugarloaf, is a butte-like mountain located in Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States, with two summits, North Sugarloaf Mountain and its more popular knee, South Sugarloaf Mountain . Its cliffs, made of arkose sandstone, are a very prominent landscape feature visible...
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Greene County, New York)Sugarloaf Mountain (Greene County, New York)Sugarloaf Mountain is a mountain located in Greene County, New York.The mountain is part of the Devil's Path range of the Catskill Mountains.To the northwest, Sugarloaf is separated from Plateau Mountain by Mink Hollow Notch; to the southeast, Sugarloaf is separated from Twin Mountain by Pecoy...
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Little Cottonwood CanyonLittle Cottonwood CanyonLittle Cottonwood Canyon lies within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the eastern side of the Salt Lake Valley, roughly 15 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah. The canyon is part of Granite, a CDP and “Community Council” designated by Salt Lake County. The canyon is a glacial trough , carved by...
, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
), a mountain featuring intermediate- to expert-level ski terrain - Sugarloaf Mountain (Marquette County, Michigan)
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Maryland)
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Pennsylvania)
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Rowan County, Kentucky)Sugarloaf Mountain (Rowan County, Kentucky)Sugarloaf Mountain is a mountain located in Rowan County, Kentucky, just outside of the City of Morehead, Kentucky.- External links :* at MountainZone.com...
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Virginia)
- Sugarloaf Mountain (Medicine Bow MountainsMedicine Bow MountainsThe Medicine Bow Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend for from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming. The northern extent of this range is the sub-range the Snowy Range...
, Wyoming)
- Sugarloaf Ridge, situated in Sugarloaf Ridge State ParkSugarloaf Ridge State ParkSugarloaf Ridge State Park is a state park in Northern California, U.S.A.. Located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of Kenwood, the park straddles the boundary between Sonoma and Napa counties...
in northern California