• Landform
  • Surface landform

pinnacle karst

arete karst

1.

Pinnacle karst is a spectacular small-scale landform found principally in the humid tropics and subtropics, with the best known examples coming from Gunung Api, Mulu, and Mount Kaijende, New Guinea.

Gunn, 2004

2.

arete and pinnacle karst : A landscape of naked reticulated saw-topped ridges having almost vertical slopes and a relief of as much as 120 meters. The ridges rise above forest-covered corridors and depressions. Found in New Guinea at elevations of 2,000 meters and more.

Monroe, 1970

FORM of naked reticulated saw-topped ridges having almost vertical slopes
ridges rise above forest-covered corridors and depressions
SIZE 1000 meters and more
000 meters and more
COMPOSITION and Mount Kaijende
FUNCTION landform
AFFECTS Mulu
CONTAINS New Guinea.