Bornhardt invented a number of applications for the mining industry.
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They are named after Wilhelm Bornhardt ( 1864 1946 ), a German geologist and explorer of German East Africa, who first described the feature.
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The Sugarloaf Mountain of Rio de Janeiro is a typical example of this landform and is the origin of the common bornhardt nickname " sugar loaf ".
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Bornhardt documented the existence of coal reserves in present-day Tanzania in 1896 when he explored the Songwe Kiwira area, described the Karoo stratigraphy and surveyed several coal fields.
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A "'bornhardt "'( ) is a dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock outcropping at least in height and several hundred metres in width.
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He first coined the term " inselberg " to describe an isolated massif, while the term " bornhardt ", describing a particular type of mountain, is used in his honour.
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While bornhardt was originally used to sometimes denote a type of inselberg, the term bornhardt is used in modern literature to refer to domed hills and mountains regardless of isolation in the landscape; thus, not all bornhardts are inselbergs and not all inselbergs are bornhardts.
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While bornhardt was originally used to sometimes denote a type of inselberg, the term bornhardt is used in modern literature to refer to domed hills and mountains regardless of isolation in the landscape; thus, not all bornhardts are inselbergs and not all inselbergs are bornhardts.