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{{Short description|Hill shaped like a human breast}}
{{Short description|Hill shaped like a human breast}}
[[File:Breast-Shaped Hill.jpg|thumb|A breast-shaped hill in the [[Western Sahara]]]]
[[File:Breast-Shaped Hill.jpg|thumb|A breast-shaped hill in [[Western Sahara]]]]
[[File:Moles-xert29.JPG|thumb|right|There is an [[ancient Iberian]] archaeological site beneath the Mola Murada, one of the mountains of the [[Moles de Xert]], [[Spain]].]]
[[File:Moles-xert29.JPG|thumb|right|There is an [[ancient Iberian]] archaeological site beneath the Mola Murada, a breast-shaped hill in the [[Moles de Xert]], [[Spain]].]]
A '''breast-shaped hill''' is a [[hill]] in the shape of a [[breast]]. Some such hills are named "[[wikt:pap#Etymology 2|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 (Irish goddess)|Anu]], an important female deity of pre-Christian [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoilnet.ie/womeninhistory/content/unit1/female.html |title=The feminine in early Irish myth and legend |publisher=Scoilnet |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611054430/http://www.scoilnet.ie/womeninhistory/content/unit1/female.html |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref>
A '''breast-shaped hill''' is a [[hill]] in the shape of a [[breast]]. Some such hills are named "[[wikt:pap#Etymology 2|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 (Irish goddess)|Anu]], an important female deity of pre-Christian [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoilnet.ie/womeninhistory/content/unit1/female.html |title=The feminine in early Irish myth and legend |publisher=Scoilnet |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611054430/http://www.scoilnet.ie/womeninhistory/content/unit1/female.html |archive-date=11 June 2011 }}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
[[File:Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent - Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mers d'Afrique - Planches.djvu|page=57|thumb|right|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]].|link=File:Jean-Baptiste_Bory_de_Saint-Vincent_-_Voyage_dans_les_quatre_principales_îles_des_mers_d'Afrique_-_Planches.djvu%3Fpage=57]]
[[File:Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent - Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mers d'Afrique - Planches.djvu|page=57|thumb|right|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]].|link=File:Jean-Baptiste_Bory_de_Saint-Vincent_-_Voyage_dans_les_quatre_principales_îles_des_mers_d'Afrique_-_Planches.djvu%3Fpage=57]]
The name ''[[Mamucium]]'' that gave origin to the name of the city of [[Manchester]] is thought to derive from the [[Celtic language]] meaning "breast-shaped hill", referring to the sandstone bluff on which the fort stood; this later evolved into the name Manchester.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A.D. |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086 |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-19-852758-6 |location=Oxford}}</ref><ref>Hylton (2003), p.&nbsp;6.</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A.D. |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086 |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2003 |isbn=0-19-852758-6 |location=Oxford}}</ref><ref>Hylton (2003), p.&nbsp;6.</ref>


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 site]]s 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,<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7617 Samson, South Hill Chambered Cairn - The Megalithic Portal]</ref><ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6333306 Samson, North Hill - The Megalithic Portal]</ref> or [[Burrén and Burrena]], [[Aragon]], [[Spain]], where two [[Iron Age]] [[Urnfield culture]] archaeological sites lie beneath the hills.<ref>[http://rutadelagarnacha.blogspot.com/2010/07/burren-parque-arqueologico-de-la.html Burrén. Parque Arqueológico de la Primera Edad del Hierro en Frescano]</ref>
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 site]]s 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=7617|title=Samson, South Hill Chambered Cairn - The Megalithic Portal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6333306|title=Samson, North Hill - The Megalithic Portal}}</ref> or [[Burrén and Burrena]], [[Aragon]], [[Spain]], where two [[Iron Age]] [[Urnfield culture]] archaeological sites lie beneath the hills.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rutadelagarnacha.blogspot.com/2010/07/burren-parque-arqueologico-de-la.html|website=Ruta de la Garnacha|title=Burrén. Parque Arqueológico de la Primera Edad del Hierro en Frescano|date=30 July 2010}}</ref> [[File:Hills on Mykonos.jpg|thumb|left|The "Breasts of Aphrodite" in [[Mykonos]], [[Greece]].]]
[[File:Hills on Mykonos.jpg|thumb|left|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usashaolintemple.org/chanbuddhism-history/ |title=The Story of Bodhidharma|publisher=USA Shaolin Temple |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usashaolintemple.org/chanbuddhism-history/ |title=The Story of Bodhidharma|publisher=USA Shaolin Temple |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>


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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.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |url=http://www.southcoast.com.au/pigeonhouse/|title=Didhol (Pigeon House Mountain)|work=South Coast of NSW|publisher=Morningside web publishers|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref>
Travelers and cartographers in colonial times often changed the ancestral names of such hills.
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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.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |url=http://www.southcoast.com.au/pigeonhouse/|title=Didhol (Pigeon House Mountain)|work=South Coast of NSW|publisher=Morningside web publishers|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref>


''Mamelon'' (from French "nipple") is a French name for a breast-shaped hillock.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmKPXhfkzgMC&pg=PA936 |page=936 |title=Dictionnaire Du Petrole Et Autres Sources D'Energie: Anglais-Franncais, Francais-Anglais |trans-title=Comprehensive Dictionary of Petroleum and Other Energy Sources |last1=Moureau |first1=M. |last2=Brace |first2=G. |publisher=Editions Technip |date=January 2008 |access-date=4 April 2011 |isbn=978-2-7108-0911-1}}</ref>
''Mamelon'' (from French "nipple") is a French name for a breast-shaped hillock.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tmKPXhfkzgMC&pg=PA936 |page=936 |title=Dictionnaire Du Petrole Et Autres Sources D'Energie: Anglais-Franncais, Francais-Anglais |trans-title=Comprehensive Dictionary of Petroleum and Other Energy Sources |last1=Moureau |first1=M. |last2=Brace |first2=G. |publisher=Editions Technip |date=January 2008 |access-date=4 April 2011 |isbn=978-2-7108-0911-1}}</ref> [[Mamelon (fort)|Fort Mamelon]] was a famous hillock fortified by the Russians and captured by the French as part of the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)|Siege of Sevastopol]] during the [[Crimean War]] of the 1850s. The word ''[[Mamelon (volcanology)|mamelon]]'' is also used in [[volcanology]] to describe a particular rock formation of [[volcanic]] origin. The term was coined by the [[France|French]] explorer and naturalist [[Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dominique.decobecq.perso.neuf.fr/Dolomieu%20histoire.html |title=L'histoire du cratère Dolomieu (Piton de la Fournaise) |first=Dominique |last=Decobecq |language=fr |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=9 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409061950/http://dominique.decobecq.perso.neuf.fr/Dolomieu%20histoire.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[Mamelon (fort)|Fort Mamelon]] was a famous hillock fortified by the Russians and captured by the French as part of the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)|Siege of Sevastopol]] during the [[Crimean War]] of the 1850s.
The word ''[[Mamelon (volcanology)|mamelon]]'' is also used in [[volcanology]] to describe a particular rock formation of [[volcanic]] origin.
The term was coined by the [[France|French]] explorer and naturalist [[Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dominique.decobecq.perso.neuf.fr/Dolomieu%20histoire.html |title=L'histoire du cratère Dolomieu (Piton de la Fournaise) |first=Dominique |last=Decobecq |language=fr |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>


==Africa==
==Africa==
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*[[Trois Mamelles]] mountains in the west of [[Mauritius]]
*[[Trois Mamelles]] mountains in the west of [[Mauritius]]
*[[Mamelles Island]], [[Seychelles]]
*[[Mamelles Island]], [[Seychelles]]
[[File:Jabal Al-nahdain.jpg|thumb|Jabal al-Nahdain in [[Sana’a, Yemen]] ]]


===Southern Africa===
===Southern Africa===
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*[[Three Sisters (Northern Cape)|Three Sisters]] in the Northern Cape, South Africa
*[[Three Sisters (Northern Cape)|Three Sisters]] in the Northern Cape, South Africa
;West Africa
;West Africa
*[[Deux Mamelles]], [[Pointe des Almadies]], [[Cap-Vert]], [[Senegal]]
*[[Deux Mamelles]], [[Pointe des Almadies]], [[Cap-Vert]], [[Senegal]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/pinnacle-mountain-state-park-1248/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Antarctica==
==Antarctica==
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*[[Rushan, Shandong|Rushan]] (meaning "Breast Mountain") is a mountain in [[Weihai]], [[Shandong Province]], [[China]].
*[[Rushan, Shandong|Rushan]] (meaning "Breast Mountain") is a mountain in [[Weihai]], [[Shandong Province]], [[China]].


===;Middle East===
===Malaysia===
* Hills on Dayang Bunting Island, Langkawi, named for their supposed resemblance to a pregnant maiden.
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*[[Tell Sader al-Arus]] (translation from Arabic: "Breast of the bride") is a mountain in the [[Golan Heights]].

===Middle East===
* Jabal Al Nahdain is a set of hills in the middle of [[Sanaa|Sana’a, Yemen]]. It was on the property of the Presidential Palace and is used as a weapons cache.
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* [[Tell Sader al-Arus]] (translation from Arabic: "Breast of the bride") is a mountain in the [[Golan Heights]].


===Philippines===
===Philippines===
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*[[Chocolate Hills]], more than a thousand unusual geological formations in [[Bohol]]. A popular tourist destination named for their brown colour in the summer.
*[[Chocolate Hills]], more than a thousand unusual geological formations in [[Bohol]]. A popular tourist destination named for their brown colour in the summer.
*[[Ilihan Hill]], "Watery Breast", a pilgrimage site about four kilometres from [[Jagna]], [[Bohol]]
*[[Ilihan Hill]], "Watery Breast", a pilgrimage site about four kilometres from [[Jagna]], [[Bohol]]
*[[Kagmasuso]], among other breast-shaped hills in [[San Andres, Catanduanes|San Andrés]], [[Catanduanes Province|Catanduanes]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catanduanes.gov.ph/local-government/municipalities/virac-capital-town/ |title=Virac (Capital Town) |publisher=Catanduanes Local Government |year=2010 |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309035319/http://catanduanes.gov.ph/local-government/municipalities/virac-capital-town/ |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Kagmasuso]], among other breast-shaped hills in [[San Andres, Catanduanes]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catanduanes.gov.ph/local-government/municipalities/virac-capital-town/ |title=Virac (Capital Town) |publisher=Catanduanes Local Government |year=2010 |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309035319/http://catanduanes.gov.ph/local-government/municipalities/virac-capital-town/ |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Mount Susong Dalaga]] (literally "Maiden's Breasts Mountain") is the name of several peaks in the Philippines, including:
*[[Mount Susong Dalaga]] (literally "Maiden's Breasts Mountain") is the name of several peaks in the Philippines, including:
:*Mount Susong Dalaga, [[Abra de Ilog]], [[Occidental Mindoro]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pEfUk78kObQ/SchK75FmhgI/AAAAAAAAAEk/V6BbCZb_kgg/s1600-h/CSC_3652.JPG |title=Maiden's breast mountain, Occ. Mindoro (photo) |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
:*Mount Susong Dalaga, [[Abra de Ilog]], [[Occidental Mindoro]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pEfUk78kObQ/SchK75FmhgI/AAAAAAAAAEk/V6BbCZb_kgg/s1600-h/CSC_3652.JPG |title=Maiden's breast mountain, Occ. Mindoro (photo) |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
:*Mount Susong Dalaga (also known as Breast Peak) in [[Tampakan]], [[South Cotabato]]
:*Mount Susong Dalaga (also known as Breast Peak) in [[Tampakan]], [[South Cotabato]]
:*Susong Dalaga Peak of [[Mount Batolusong]], [[Tanay, Rizal]]
:*Susong Dalaga Peak of [[Mount Batolusong]], [[Tanay, Rizal]]
:*[[Manabu Peak]] (also known as Mount Dalaga or Mount Susong Dalaga) of the [[Malepunyo Mountain Range]] in between the provinces of [[Batangas]], [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]], and [[Quezon province|Quezon]]
:*[[Manabu Peak]] (also known as Mount Dalaga or Mount Susong Dalaga) of the [[Malepunyo Mountain Range]] between the provinces of [[Batangas]], [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]], and [[Quezon province|Quezon]]
:*[[Mount Tagapo|Mt. Tagapo]] (also known as Mount Susong Dalaga), [[Talim Island]], two huge conical hills that are the highest peaks of Talim Island.
:*[[Mount Tagapo]] (also known as Mount Susong Dalaga), [[Talim Island]], [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] two huge conical hills that are the highest peaks of Talim Island.
*[[Musuan Peak]], an [[active volcano]] in [[Maramag]], [[Bukidnon]]
*[[Musuan Peak]], an [[active volcano]] in [[Maramag]], [[Bukidnon]]


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* [[Khao Nom Sao, Phang Nga|Khao Nom Sao]], a hill in [[Phang Nga Province]], part of a greater mountain system. {{coord|08|58|00|N|98|28|00|E|}}
* [[Khao Nom Sao, Phang Nga|Khao Nom Sao]], a hill in [[Phang Nga Province]], part of a greater mountain system. {{coord|08|58|00|N|98|28|00|E|}}
* [[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]]. {{coord|07|40|58|N|100|01|01|E|}}
* [[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]]. {{coord|07|40|58|N|100|01|01|E|}}
*[[Ko Nom Sao]] ({{lang-th|เกาะนมสาว}}, lit. ''female breast island'') are twin islands located in the [[Phang Nga Bay]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thailand.com/travel/beach/beach_phangnga_konomsao.htm |title=Nom Sao Island (Ko Nom Sao) |access-date=4 April 2011 |publisher=Thailand.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322145630/http://www.thailand.com/travel/beach/beach_phangnga_konomsao.htm |archive-date=22 March 2006 }}</ref> [[Phang Nga Province]], [[Thailand]].
*[[Ko Nom Sao]] ({{lang-th|เกาะนมสาว}}, lit. ''female breast island'') are twin islands located in the [[Phang Nga Bay]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thailand.com/travel/beach/beach_phangnga_konomsao.htm |title=Nom Sao Island (Ko Nom Sao) |access-date=4 April 2011 |publisher=Thailand.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322145630/http://www.thailand.com/travel/beach/beach_phangnga_konomsao.htm |archive-date=22 March 2006 }}</ref> [[Phang Nga Province]].
*[[Ko Nom Sao, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province|Ko Nom Sao]] in [[Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park]], [[Prachuap Khiri Khan Province]].<ref>[http://www.centralthai.com/Bansabai/activity2.html Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park - Activities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317121208/http://www.centralthai.com/Bansabai/activity2.html |date=17 March 2010 }}</ref> {{coord|12|13|N|100|01|E|}}
*[[Ko Nom Sao, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province|Ko Nom Sao]] in [[Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park]], [[Prachuap Khiri Khan Province]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centralthai.com/Bansabai/activity2.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317121208/http://www.centralthai.com/Bansabai/activity2.html|title=Fun activities close by your home|archive-date=17 March 2010|website=Central Thai}}</ref> {{coord|12|13|N|100|01|E|}}
*[[Ko Nom Sao, Chanthaburi Province|Ko Nom Sao]], an island off the shore in [[Chanthaburi Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaihotelslinks.com/Chuntaburi/attrations-2.htm |title=Ko Nom Sao |access-date=2011-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716214133/http://www.thaihotelslinks.com/Chuntaburi/attrations-2.htm |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tothailand.com/province/eastcoast/chanthaburi/index.php |title=Chanthaburi, Laem Sing Beach |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725205302/http://www.tothailand.com/province/eastcoast/chanthaburi/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{coord|12|28|N|102|01|E|}}
*[[Ko Nom Sao, Chanthaburi Province|Ko Nom Sao]], an island off the shore in [[Chanthaburi Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thaihotelslinks.com/Chuntaburi/attrations-2.htm |title=Ko Nom Sao |access-date=2011-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716214133/http://www.thaihotelslinks.com/Chuntaburi/attrations-2.htm |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tothailand.com/province/eastcoast/chanthaburi/index.php |title=Chanthaburi, Laem Sing Beach |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725205302/http://www.tothailand.com/province/eastcoast/chanthaburi/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{coord|12|28|N|102|01|E|}}


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[[File:Castell Degannwy Deganwy Castle Sir Ddinbych Wales 09.JPG|thumb|[[Deganwy Castle]]]]
[[File:Castell Degannwy Deganwy Castle Sir Ddinbych Wales 09.JPG|thumb|[[Deganwy Castle]]]]
[[File:The western Pap from the eastern Pap - geograph.org.uk - 332014.jpg|thumb| right | [[Paps of Anu]]. View of the western Pap from the eastern Pap, [[Ireland]].]]
[[File:The western Pap from the eastern Pap - geograph.org.uk - 332014.jpg|thumb| right | [[Paps of Anu]]. View of the western Pap from the eastern Pap, [[Ireland]].]]
;UK and 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
*[[Mumbles]], the two islands (on one of which stands a lighthouse) off the southeast corner of the Gower peninsula, Swansea, Wales
*[[Lochnagar|Beinn Chìochan]] in the [[Grampian Mountains (Scotland)|Grampians]], Scotland
*[[Lochnagar|Beinn Chìochan]] in the [[Grampian Mountains (Scotland)|Grampians]], Scotland
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[[File:Marens Patter.jpg|thumb|right|Marens Patter (literally "[[Maren (female given name)|Maren's]] breasts") in Denmark.]]
[[File:Marens Patter.jpg|thumb|right|Marens Patter (literally "[[Maren (female given name)|Maren's]] breasts") in Denmark.]]
;Denmark
===Denmark===
*Marens Patter (Maren's Tits), a pair of twin hills that has functioned as a landmark for seafarers since the Bronze Ages.
*Marens Patter (Maren's Tits), a pair of twin hills that has functioned as a landmark for seafarers since the Bronze Ages.


;Germany
===Germany===
*Lilienstein in [[Saxon Switzerland]], [[Germany]]
*Lilienstein in [[Saxon Switzerland]]

;Greece
===Greece===
*Breasts of Aphrodite in [[Mykonos]], [[Greece]]
*Breasts of Aphrodite in [[Mykonos]]


;Hungary
===Hungary===
*[[Sashegy]]
*[[Sashegy]]


;Iceland
===Iceland===
*[[Vatnsdalshólar]]
*[[Vatnsdalshólar]]


;Slovenia
===Slovenia===
*Šmarna gora or [[Mount Saint Mary]] north of [[Ljubljana]]
*Šmarna gora or [[Mount Saint Mary]] north of [[Ljubljana]]


;Spain
===Spain===
*[[Tetica de Bacares]] or "La Tetica", a 2,086&nbsp;m (6,488&nbsp;ft) high mountain in the [[Sierra de Los Filabres]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/4116 |title=Tetica de Bacares, Sierra de los Filabres (2.080 m. altitud) (photo) |publisher=Panoramio |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105185625/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4116 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Tetica de Bacares]] or "La Tetica", a 2,086&nbsp;m (6,488&nbsp;ft) high mountain in the [[Sierra de Los Filabres]], [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/4116 |title=Tetica de Bacares, Sierra de los Filabres (2.080 m. altitud) (photo) |publisher=Panoramio |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105185625/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4116 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{ill|Picos de Busampiro|es}}, commonly known as ''Tetas de Lierganes'', in [[Cantabria]]
*{{ill|Picos de Busampiro|es}}, commonly known as ''Tetas de Lierganes'', in [[Cantabria]]
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*[[Ses Mamelles]], another name for the 714&nbsp;m (2343&nbsp;ft) high Puig des Castellot, [[Escorca]], Mallorca
*[[Ses Mamelles]], another name for the 714&nbsp;m (2343&nbsp;ft) high Puig des Castellot, [[Escorca]], Mallorca
*[[Turó de la Mamella]], a mountain near [[Vacarisses]], [[Catalonia]]
*[[Turó de la Mamella]], a mountain near [[Vacarisses]], [[Catalonia]]
*[[Burrén and Burrena]]<ref>[http://historico.aragondigital.es/noticia.asp?notid=79660 Burrén y Burrena, las "dos teticas" con historia en Fréscano] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430014658/http://aragondigital.es/especiales/bona/noticia.asp?notid=79660|date=2011-04-30}}</ref> near [[Fréscano]], [[Aragon]]
*[[Burrén and Burrena]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://historico.aragondigital.es/noticia.asp?notid=79660|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430014658/http://aragondigital.es/especiales/bona/noticia.asp?notid=79660|title=Burrén y Burrena, las "dos teticas" con historia en Fréscano|archive-date=30 April 2011|website=Aragón Digital|date=6 January 2011 }}</ref> near [[Fréscano]], [[Aragon]]


==North and Central America==
==North and Central America==
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[[File:LasTetas_122606.jpg|thumb|[[Cerro Las Tetas|Las Tetas de Cayey]] in [[Salinas, Puerto Rico]] ]]
[[File:LasTetas_122606.jpg|thumb|[[Cerro Las Tetas|Las Tetas de Cayey]] in [[Salinas, Puerto Rico]] ]]
;Canada
===Canada===
*[[Anû Kathâ Îpa]] in the [[Canadian Rockies]] of [[Alberta]]
*[[Anûkathâ Îpa]] in the [[Canadian Rockies]] of [[Alberta]]


;El Salvador
===El Salvador===
*[[San Vicente (volcano)|San Vicente]], also known as ''Chichontepec'', ''the mountain of the two breasts'' in [[Nahuat]], a stratovolcano in [[El Salvador]]
*[[San Vicente (volcano)|San Vicente]], also known as ''Chichontepec'', ''the mountain of the two breasts'' in [[Nahuat]], a stratovolcano


;Guadeloupe
===Guadeloupe===
*[[Mamelles, Guadeloupe|Mamelles]], [[Guadeloupe]]
*[[Mamelles, Guadeloupe|Mamelles]]


;Haiti
===Haiti===
*[[Morne Deux Mamelles]], [[Haiti]]
*[[Morne Deux Mamelles]]


;Mexico
===Mexico===
*[[Las Tetas de Juana]], [[San Pedro Municipality, Coahuila]]
*[[Las Tetas de Juana]], [[San Pedro Municipality, Coahuila]]
*[[Tres Tetas Mountain]] or ''El Chichión'' in [[Costa Grande of Guerrero]]
*[[Tres Tetas Mountain]] or ''El Chichión'' in [[Costa Grande of Guerrero]]


;Nicaragua
===Nicaragua===
*[[Ometepe]], in [[Lake Nicaragua]]. Legend says that the island's volcanoes [[Maderas]] and [[Concepción (Volcano)|Concepción]] formed from the breasts of Ometepetl, a daughter of the Niquirano tribe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southworld.net/nicaragua-ometepe-island-between-ancient-legends-and-biodiversity/ |title=Nicaragua. Ometepe Island. Between ancient legends and biodiversity.|work=SouthWorld |date= February 2017}}</ref>
*[[Ometepe]], in [[Lake Nicaragua]]. Legend says that the island's volcanoes [[Maderas]] and [[Concepción (Volcano)|Concepción]] formed from the breasts of Ometepetl, a daughter of the Niquirano tribe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southworld.net/nicaragua-ometepe-island-between-ancient-legends-and-biodiversity/ |title=Nicaragua. Ometepe Island. Between ancient legends and biodiversity.|work=SouthWorld |date= February 2017}}</ref>


===Panama===
;Panamá
*[[Cerro La Teta]] in [[Las Guabas]]
*[[Cerro La Teta]] in [[Las Guabas]]


;Puerto Rico
===Puerto Rico===
*[[Cerro Las Tetas]] in [[Salinas, Puerto Rico]]
*[[Cerro Las Tetas]] in [[Salinas, Puerto Rico|Salinas]]
*[[Tetas de Cerro Gordo]] in [[San Germán, Puerto Rico]]
*[[Tetas de Cerro Gordo]] in [[San Germán, Puerto Rico|San German]]


[[File:"The_Bubbles" at Acadia National Park, ME IMG_2475.JPG|thumb|The Bubbles on [[Jordan Pond]] in [[Acadia National Park]] ]]
[[File:"The_Bubbles" at Acadia National Park, ME IMG_2475.JPG|thumb|The Bubbles on [[Jordan Pond]] in [[Acadia National Park]] ]]
;United States
===United States===
* [[Bubble Mountains]], in [[Acadia National Park]] of Maine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhmountainhiking.com/hike/bubble/profile.jpg |title=Bubble Mountains |work=Hike Bubble Mountains ME |date= July 2010 |access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[Bubble Mountains]], in [[Acadia National Park]], [[Maine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhmountainhiking.com/hike/bubble/profile.jpg |title=Bubble Mountains |work=Hike Bubble Mountains ME |date= July 2010 |access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref>
*[[Isanaklesh Peaks]], in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], formerly known as Squaw Tits.
*[[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.
*[[Nippletop]], in the [[Adirondack High Peaks]] of [[New York (state)|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)|Pilot Mountain]], [[Pilot Mountain, North Carolina|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.
*[[Pilot Mountain (North Carolina)|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)|Pinnacle Mountain]], [[Arkansas]], near [[Maumelle, Arkansas|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.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1248 |title=Pinnacle Mountain State Park |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |date=4 February 2011 |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Pinnacle Mountain (Arkansas)|Pinnacle Mountain]], [[Arkansas]], near [[Maumelle, Arkansas|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.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1248 |title=Pinnacle Mountain State Park |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |date=4 February 2011 |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Rock Mary]], Caddo County, Oklahoma.
*[[Rock Mary]], [[Caddo County, Oklahoma]].
*[[Spanish Peaks]], [[Colorado]], named Huajatolla by the [[Ute Indians]], meaning "two breasts".<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Mystic Huajatolla|journal=Trail and Timberline|date=August 1958|page=103|first=Frances P.|last=Evans|publisher=Colorado Mountain Club}}</ref>
*[[Spanish Peaks]], [[Colorado]], named Huajatolla by the [[Ute Indians]], meaning "two breasts".<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Mystic Huajatolla|journal=Trail and Timberline|date=August 1958|page=103|first=Frances P.|last=Evans|publisher=Colorado Mountain Club}}</ref>
*Tetilla Peak, [[Caja del Rio]], [[New Mexico]]. "Tetilla" is Spanish for "nipple".
*Tetilla Peak, [[Caja del Rio]], [[New Mexico]]. "Tetilla" is Spanish for "nipple".
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**[[Middle Teton]],
**[[Middle Teton]],
**[[South Teton]].
**[[South Teton]].
*[[Twin Peaks (San Francisco, California)|Twin Peaks]], in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], California. When the [[spanish people|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.<ref name=sfgov.org>[http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/recpark/volunteer/Community_Catalyst_Newsletters/brochure_web%281%29.pdf ''sfgov.org''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614094418/http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/recpark/volunteer/Community_Catalyst_Newsletters/brochure_web%281%29.pdf |date=14 June 2011}}</ref> When San Francisco passed under American control during the 19th Century, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".
*[[Twin Peaks (San Francisco, California)|Twin Peaks]], in [[San Francisco, California]]. When the [[spanish people|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.<ref name=sfgov.org>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/recpark/volunteer/Community_Catalyst_Newsletters/brochure_web%281%29.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020034217/https://sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/recpark/volunteer/Community_Catalyst_Newsletters/brochure_web(1).pdf|url-status=dead|title=Twin Peaks: San Francisco|archive-date=20 October 2007|website=City and County of San Francisco}}</ref> 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.
*Maggie's Peaks, just west of [[Lake Tahoe]], California.
*[[Uncanoonuc Mountains]], [[Goffstown, New Hampshire|Goffstown]], New Hampshire. From a Native American word for a woman's breasts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gotopinardville.com/uncanoonuc_mountains.htm= |title=Uncanoonuc Mountains |publisher=Dan LaRochelle |access-date=9 April 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Uncanoonuc Mountains]], [[Goffstown, New Hampshire]]. From a Native American word for a woman's breasts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gotopinardville.com/uncanoonuc_mountains.htm= |title=Uncanoonuc Mountains |publisher=Dan LaRochelle |access-date=9 April 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Mollie's Nipple]] or Molly's Nipple is the name given to as many as seven peaks and some other geological features in [[Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/parks-outdoors/grand-staircase-escalante/grand-staircase-section/adventure/mollies-nipple/|title=Mollies Nipple Visit Utah|website=www.visitutah.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-18}}</ref>
*[[Mollie's Nipple]] or Molly's Nipple is the name given to as many as seven peaks and some other geological features in [[Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/parks-outdoors/grand-staircase-escalante/grand-staircase-section/adventure/mollies-nipple/|title=Mollies Nipple Visit Utah|website=www.visitutah.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-18}}</ref>
*[[Tunas Peak]] located in [[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos County]], Texas west of [[Bakersfield, Texas|Bakersfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tunas Peak - Peakbagger.com |url=https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=72413 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=peakbagger.com}} </ref>
*[[Tunas Peak]] located in [[Pecos County, Texas]], west of [[Bakersfield, Texas|Bakersfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tunas Peak - Peakbagger.com |url=https://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=72413 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=peakbagger.com}} </ref>
*Betsy Bell and Mary Gray, two adjacent hills in [[Staunton, Virginia|Staunton]], Virginia.
*Betsy Bell and Mary Gray, two adjacent hills in [[Staunton, Virginia]].
*Little and Big House Mountain, two adjacent mountains in [[Lexington, Virginia]], resemble breasts if viewed from Kerr's Creek.


==Oceania==
==Oceania==
[[File:Saddlehill-nz.jpg|thumb| right |[[Saddle Hill, New Zealand|Saddle Hill]], as seen from [[Lookout Point]], Dunedin, New Zealand.]]
[[File:Saddlehill-nz.jpg|thumb| right |[[Saddle Hill, New Zealand|Saddle Hill]], as seen from [[Lookout Point]], Dunedin, New Zealand.]]
;Australia
===Australia===
*[[The Paps]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
*[[Pyramid Hill (Western Australia)|Pyramid Hill]], [[Pilbara]], [[Western Australia]]
*[[The Paps]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
*[[Pigeon House Mountain]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
*[[Pigeon House Mountain]], [[New South Wales]]
*[[Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory)]] and [[Mount Ainslie]], the space between being known as [[Canberra]], meaning cleavage between the two 'breasts' of those mountains.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayne |first=Jordan |date=4 April 2016 |title=Thousands of Indigenous heritage sites scattered across Canberra |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/curious-canberra/2016-04-04/indigenous-sites-in-canberra/7281812 |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=ABC News |quote="[The word 'Canberra'] means cleavage – the space between a woman's breasts, that's Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, and a very very important area for our people, indeed a corroboree ground for our people, right where the National Museum of Australia is today."}}</ref>
*[[Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory)]] and [[Mount Ainslie]], the space between being known as [[Canberra]], meaning cleavage between the two 'breasts' of those mountains.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayne |first=Jordan |date=4 April 2016 |title=Thousands of Indigenous heritage sites scattered across Canberra |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/curious-canberra/2016-04-04/indigenous-sites-in-canberra/7281812 |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=ABC News |quote="[The word 'Canberra'] means cleavage – the space between a woman's breasts, that's Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, and a very very important area for our people, indeed a corroboree ground for our people, right where the National Museum of Australia is today."}}</ref>
*[[Mammaloid Hills]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
*[[Mammaloid Hills]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
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;New Zealand
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*[[Saddle Hill, New Zealand|Saddle Hill]], [[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]
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*[[Harbour Cone]], [[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]


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===New Zealand===
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*[[Saddle Hill, New Zealand|Saddle Hill]], [[Dunedin]]
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*[[Harbour Cone]], Dunedin


==South America==
==South America==
;Argentina
===Argentina===
*[[Cerro Tres Tetas]], in [[Santa Cruz Province, Argentina|Santa Cruz]]<ref>[http://www.indexmundi.com/z/?lat=-45.6&lon=-69.6666667&t=m&r=3420&p=cerro_tres_tetas&cc=ar&c=argentina Cerro Tres Tetas - Argentina]</ref>
*[[Cerro Tres Tetas]], in [[Santa Cruz Province, Argentina|Santa Cruz]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indexmundi.com/z/?lat=-45.6&lon=-69.6666667&t=m&r=3420&p=cerro_tres_tetas&cc=ar&c=argentina|title=Cerro Tres Tetas - Argentina|website=www.indexmundi.com}}</ref>
*[[Cerro Teta, Neuquén|Cerro Teta]] in [[Neuquén]].
*[[Cerro Teta, Neuquén|Cerro Teta]] in [[Neuquén]].
*[[Ñuñorco Grande]], in [[Tucumán]].
*[[Ñuñorco Grande]], in [[Tucumán]].
*[[Los Nonos]], in [[Nono, Córdoba]].
*[[Los Nonos]], in [[Nono, Córdoba]].


;Bolivia
===Bolivia===
*[[Cerro Tres Tetas]] in [[Potosí]], [[Bolivia]]
*[[Cerro Tres Tetas]] in [[Potosí]]


;Chile
===Chile===
*[[Sierra Teta]], [[Futaleufú, Chile]]
*[[Sierra Teta]], [[Futaleufú, Chile|Futaleufú]]
*Tetas del Biobío, formed by Cerro Teta Norte and Cerro Teta Sur, located in the mouth of the [[Biobío River]], Chile.
*Tetas del Biobío, formed by Cerro Teta Norte and Cerro Teta Sur, located in the mouth of the [[Biobío River]].


[[File:CerroBatovi.jpg|thumb| right |[[Cerro Batoví]], [[Tacuarembó]], Uruguay.]]
[[File:CerroBatovi.jpg|thumb| right |[[Cerro Batoví]], [[Tacuarembó]], Uruguay.]]


;Colombia
===Colombia===
*[[Cerro La Teta]], [[La Guajira]]
*[[Cerro La Teta]], [[La Guajira]]
*[[Morro La Teta]], [[El Carmen de Viboral]], [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]]
*[[Morro La Teta]], [[El Carmen de Viboral]], [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]]
*[[Pico Tetari]], [[Serranía del Perijá]], La Guajira
*[[Pico Tetari]], [[Serranía del Perijá]], La Guajira


;Cuba
===Cuba===
*[[Tetas de Santa Teresa]], [[Baracoa]], [[Cuba]]
*[[Tetas de Santa Teresa]], [[Baracoa]]


;French Guiana
===French Guiana===
*[[Les Mamelles Islets]], [[French Guiana]]
*[[Les Mamelles Islets]]


;Peru
===Peru===
*[[Cerro Tetas]], [[Chiclayo Province]], [[Peru]]
*[[Cerro Tetas]], [[Chiclayo Province]]


;Uruguay
===Uruguay===
*[[Cerro Batoví]], in [[Tacuarembó]]. ''Batoví'' means ''[[breast]] of a virgin'' in the [[Guaraní language]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montevideo.com.uy/enciclopedia/haedo.htm#Batovi |title=Cerro Batoví|publisher=Enciclopedia Geográfica del Uruguay |language=es |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Cerro Batoví]], in [[Tacuarembó]]. ''Batoví'' means ''[[breast]] of a virgin'' in the [[Guaraní language]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montevideo.com.uy/enciclopedia/haedo.htm#Batovi |title=Cerro Batoví|publisher=Enciclopedia Geográfica del Uruguay |language=es |access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Cerro Pan de Azúcar]] (''Sugarloaf Hill''), in the [[Maldonado Department]]
*[[Cerro Pan de Azúcar]] (''Sugarloaf Hill''), in the [[Maldonado Department]]


;Venezuela
===Venezuela===
*[[Tetas de María Guevara]], [[Isla Margarita]], [[Venezuela]]
*[[Tetas de María Guevara]], [[Isla Margarita]]
*[[Teta de Niquitao]], [[Trujillo (state)|Trujillo State]], Venezuela<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cuspidesvenezuela.com/teta.htm|title=Teta de Niquitao|language=es|publisher=Cúspides Venezuela|year=2008|access-date=4 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023606/http://www.cuspidesvenezuela.com/teta.htm|archive-date=19 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Teta de Niquitao]], [[Trujillo (state)|Trujillo State]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cuspidesvenezuela.com/teta.htm|title=Teta de Niquitao |language=es |publisher=Cúspides Venezuela |year=2008 |access-date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023606/http://www.cuspidesvenezuela.com/teta.htm |archive-date=19 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Cerro de Las Tetas, Cojedes|Cerro de Las Tetas]], [[Tinaquillo]], [[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]], Venezuela
*[[Cerro de Las Tetas, Cojedes|Cerro de Las Tetas]], [[Tinaquillo]], [[Cojedes (state)|Cojedes]]
*[[Cerro las Tres Tetas]], [[Barquisimeto]], Venezuela
*[[Cerro las Tres Tetas]], [[Barquisimeto]]


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

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A breast-shaped hill in Western Sahara
There is an ancient Iberian archaeological site beneath the Mola Murada, a breast-shaped hill in 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.[1]

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 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

Europe

Deganwy Castle
Paps of Anu. View of the western Pap from the eastern Pap, Ireland.

UK and Ireland

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

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

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

See also

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