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Hill shaped like a human breast
A breast-shaped hill in
Western Sahara
There is an
ancient Iberian archaeological site beneath the Mola Murada, one of the mountains of the
Moles de Xert ,
Spain .
A breast-shaped hill is a
hill in the shape of a
breast . Some such hills are named "
Pap ", an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are found in different places of the world and in some cultures they were revered as the attributes of the
Mother Goddess , such as the
Paps of Anu , named after
Anu , an important female deity of pre-Christian
Ireland .
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Overview
The Mamelon Central, formed by the Bory and Dolomieu craters,
Piton de la Fournaise , on 28 brumaire 1801. Drawing by
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent .
The name
Mamucium that gave origin to the name of the city of
Manchester is thought to derive from a
Celtic language name meaning "breast-shaped hill", referring to the sandstone bluff on which the fort stood; this later evolved into the name Manchester.
[2]
[3]
Breast-shaped hills are often connected with local ancestral veneration of the breast as a
symbol of fertility and well-being. It is not uncommon for very old
archaeological sites to be located in or below such hills, as on
Samson, Isles of Scilly , where there are large ancient
burial grounds both on the North Hill and South Hill,
[4]
[5] or
Burrén and Burrena ,
Aragon ,
Spain , where two
Iron Age
Urnfield culture archaeological sites lie beneath the hills.
[6]
The "Breasts of Aphrodite" in
Mykonos ,
Greece .
Many of the myths surrounding these mountains are ancient and enduring and some have been recorded in the
oral literature or written texts; for example, in an unspecified location in Asia, there was a mountain known as "Breast Mountain" with a cave in which the
Buddhist monk
Bodhidharma (Da Mo) spent a long time in
meditation .
[7]
Travelers and cartographers in colonial times often changed the ancestral names of such hills. The mountain known to the
Indigenous Australian people as Didhol or Dithol (Woman's Breast) was renamed
Pigeon House Mountain by Captain
James Cook at the time of his exploration of
Australia 's eastern coast in 1770.
[8]
Mamelon (from French "nipple") is a French name for a breast-shaped hillock.
[9]
Fort Mamelon was a famous hillock fortified by the Russians and captured by the French as part of the
Siege of Sevastopol during the
Crimean War of the 1850s. The word
mamelon is also used in
volcanology to describe a particular rock formation of
volcanic origin. The term was coined by the
French explorer and naturalist
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent .
[10]
Africa
The
thelarchic -shaped
Naasa Hablood in
Somaliland (1896)
View of one of the Trois Mamelles in
Mauritius . Drawing from page 121 of Atlas by
Jacques-Gérard Milbert .
African Great Lakes
Horn of Africa
Indian Ocean
Jabal al-Nahdain in
Sana’a, Yemen
Southern Africa
West Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Khao Nom Nang in
Western Thailand .
Cambodia
China
Malaysia
Hills on Dayang Bunting Island, Langkawi, named for their supposed resemblance to a pregnant maiden.
Middle East
Jabal Al Nahdain is a set of hills in the middle of
Sana’a, Yemen . It is was on the property of the Presidential Palace and is used as a weapons cache.
Tell Sader al-Arus (translation from Arabic: "Breast of the bride") is a mountain in the
Golan Heights .
Philippines
Chocolate Hills in
Bohol ,
Philippines
Thailand
Doi Phu Nom (ดอยภูนม),
Phayao Province , a breast-shaped hill rising in an area of
grassland of the
Phi Pan Nam Range .
[17]
Khao Nom (เขานม), was one of the former names of
Khanom , a district of
Nakhon Si Thammarat Province , due to the surrounding mountains.
[18]
Khao Nom Nang , a hill at Huai Krachao,
Kanchanaburi .
14°18′00″N 99°43′00″E / 14.30000°N 99.71667°E / 14.30000; 99.71667
Khao Nom Nang , (เขานมนาง), a hill north of Pak Phraek,
Kanchanaburi .
14°05′00″N 99°34′00″E / 14.08333°N 99.56667°E / 14.08333; 99.56667
Khao Nom Nang , a hill between Nong Pet and Chong Sadao,
Kanchanaburi .
14°21′02″N 99°12′53″E / 14.35056°N 99.21472°E / 14.35056; 99.21472
Khao Nom Nang , an isolated hill in Khok Samae San,
Lopburi .
15°19′00″N 100°51′00″E / 15.31667°N 100.85000°E / 15.31667; 100.85000
Khao Nom Nang , an isolated large hill in
Khao Kala ,
Nakhon Sawan Province .
15°34′00″N 100°17′00″E / 15.56667°N 100.28333°E / 15.56667; 100.28333
Khao Nom Nang , the name of two hills west of Doeng Bang Nam Buat,
Suphan Buri .
14°51′00″N 100°04′00″E / 14.85000°N 100.06667°E / 14.85000; 100.06667
Khao Nom Sao (เขานมสาว), "
female breast mountain ", a mountain located in
Ranong Province ,
Thailand .
Khao Nom Sao , a round hill east of Phet Kasem road in
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province .
10°59′00″N 99°22′00″E / 10.98333°N 99.36667°E / 10.98333; 99.36667
Khao Nom Sao , a mountain in
Chumphon Province .
09°46′00″N 98°43′01″E / 9.76667°N 98.71694°E / 9.76667; 98.71694
Khao Nom Sao , a hill in
Phang Nga Province , part of a greater mountain system.
08°58′00″N 98°28′00″E / 8.96667°N 98.46667°E / 8.96667; 98.46667
Khao Nom Wang (เขานมวังก), a small hill just east of the main road at Phanom Wang,
Khuan Khanun District , also known as Khao Phanom Wang,
Phatthalung Province .
07°40′58″N 100°01′01″E / 7.68278°N 100.01694°E / 7.68278; 100.01694
Ko Nom Sao (
Thai : เกาะนมสาว , lit. female breast island ) are twin islands located in the
Phang Nga Bay ,
[19]
Phang Nga Province .
Ko Nom Sao in
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park ,
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province .
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12°13′N 100°01′E / 12.217°N 100.017°E / 12.217; 100.017
Ko Nom Sao , an island off the shore in
Chanthaburi Province .
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12°28′N 102°01′E / 12.467°N 102.017°E / 12.467; 102.017
Europe
Deganwy Castle
Paps of Anu . View of the western Pap from the eastern Pap,
Ireland .
UK and Ireland
Mumbles , the two islands (on one of which stands a lighthouse) off the southeast corner of the Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales
Beinn Chìochan in the
Grampians , Scotland
Bennachie in
Aberdeenshire , Scotland
North Berwick Law In
East Lothian , Scotland
Mam Barisdale in
Knoydart , Scotland
Mynydd Llanwenarth near
Abergavenny ,
Wales
Mount Keen in
Aberdeenshire /
Angus , Scotland
Northala Fields in London, England. Technically 4 hills, and artificial, but clearly resembling two "grassy boobs" from the A40
A' Chioch in Ben More,
Isle of Mull , Scotland
Mam Sodhail , on the northern side of
Glen Affric , some 30 kilometres east of
Kyle of Lochalsh
Mam Tor , near
Castleton in the
High Peak of
Derbyshire , England.
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Samson, Isles of Scilly
Twmbarlwm near
Risca ,
Wales
Wittenham Clumps in
Oxfordshire
Shutlingsloe ,
Cheshire
Paps or
Maiden Paps are rounded, breastlike hills located mostly in
Scotland :
Paps of Anu , near
Killarney ,
Ireland
Paps of Fife in Scotland
Paps of Jura , on the western side of the island of
Jura , in the
Inner Hebrides , Scotland
Paps of Lothian in Scotland
Maiden Paps , twin hills in
Caithness , Scotland
Maiden Paps , twin hills in the
Kilpatrick Hills , Scotland
Maiden Paps , twin hills south of
Hawick in the
Scottish Borders , Scotland
Maiden Paps , another name for the Tunstall Hills near
Sunderland ,
Tyne and Wear , England
Maiden's Pap , another name for Schiehallion,
Perth and Kinross , Scotland
Pap of Glencoe in the
Scottish Highlands
Marens Patter (literally "
Maren's breasts") in Denmark.
Denmark
Marens Patter (Maren's Tits), a pair of twin hills that has functioned as a landmark for seafarers since the Bronze Ages.
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Slovenia
Spain
Tetica de Bacares or "La Tetica", a 2,086 m (6,488 ft) high mountain in the
Sierra de Los Filabres ,
Spain .
[24]
Picos de Busampiro [
es ] , commonly known as Tetas de Lierganes , in
Cantabria
Tetas de Viana ,
La Alcarria ,
Guadalajara Province
Puig de Mamelles ,
Felanitx ,
Mallorca
Ses Mamelles , another name for the 714 m (2343 ft) high Puig des Castellot,
Escorca , Mallorca
Turó de la Mamella , a mountain near
Vacarisses ,
Catalonia
Burrén and Burrena
[25] near
Fréscano ,
Aragon
North and Central America
Spanish Peaks ,
Colorado
Las Tetas de Cayey in
Salinas, Puerto Rico
Canada
El Salvador
San Vicente , also known as Chichontepec , the mountain of the two breasts in
Nahuat , a stratovolcano
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
The Bubbles on
Jordan Pond in
Acadia National Park
United States
Bubble Mountains , in
Acadia National Park ,
Maine .
[27]
Isanaklesh Peaks , in
Maricopa County, Arizona , formerly known as Squaw Tits.
Nippletop , in the
Adirondack High Peaks of
New York . During the later 19th century, it was euphemistically renamed "
Dial Mountain ", a name now officially applied to another nearby peak.
Pilot Mountain , North Carolina. Referenced many times on the
Andy Griffith Show as Mt. Pilot. Andy spoke about a wonderful place to travel called "Pilot" by the locals.
Pinnacle Mountain ,
Arkansas , near
Maumelle . During the colonial and early American periods, the mountain was known as "Mamelle" mountain. "Mamelle" is a name commonly applied in the French-speaking parts of the world to a breast.
[28]
Rock Mary ,
Caddo County, Oklahoma .
Spanish Peaks ,
Colorado , named Huajatolla by the
Ute Indians , meaning "two breasts".
[29]
Tetilla Peak,
Caja del Rio ,
New Mexico . "Tetilla" is Spanish for "nipple".
Teton Range . French-Canadian trappers named the Teton Mountains around 1820. The distinctive peaks appeared as Les Trois Tétons (The Three Breasts) as seen from the north;
[30]
Twin Peaks , in
San Francisco, California . When the
Spanish
conquistadors and settlers arrived at the beginning of the 18th century, they called the area "Los Pechos de la Chola" or "Breasts of the Indian Maiden" and devoted the area to ranching.
[31] When San Francisco passed under American control during the 19th Century, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".
Maggie's Peaks, just west of
Lake Tahoe , California.
Uncanoonuc Mountains ,
Goffstown, New Hampshire . From a Native American word for a woman's breasts.
[32]
Mollie's Nipple or Molly's Nipple is the name given to as many as seven peaks and some other geological features in
Utah .
[33]
Tunas Peak located in
Pecos County, Texas , west of
Bakersfield .
[34]
Betsy Bell and Mary Gray, two adjacent hills in
Staunton, Virginia .
Oceania
Saddle Hill , as seen from
Lookout Point , Dunedin, New Zealand.
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Cerro Batoví ,
Tacuarembó , Uruguay.
Colombia
Cuba
French Guiana
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
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