Breast-shaped hills are anthropomorphic geographic features found in various parts of the world. In some traditional cultures they were once 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. "Pap" is an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman. It is used in the name of a number of breast-shaped hills, particularly those with a small hilltop protuberance.
Overview
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.Hylton (2003), p. 6.
Mamelon (from French "nipple") is a French name for a breast-shaped hillock. Fort Mamelon was a famous hillock fortified by the Russians and captured by the French as part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) 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.
Africa
African Great Lakes Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border. Sweet Sixteen, Matthews Range (Ldoinyo Lenkiyio), Laikipia district, Rift Valley Province, northern Kenya.
Horn of Africa Naasa Hablood in Somaliland.
Indian Ocean Trois Mamelles mountains in the west of Mauritius Mamelles Island, Seychelles
North Africa Jebel Toubkal in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
Southern Africa Sheba's Breasts, Eswatini; these formations inspired British writer H. Rider Haggard, who included them in his novel King Solomon's Mines.
West Africa Breast Mountain in Kyabobo National Park, Ghana. Deux Mamelles, Pointe des Almadies, Cap-Vert, Senegal
Antarctica Una Peaks, long known as Una's Tits colloquially, at the entrance to the Lemaire Channel, Graham Land Nipple Peak, Palmer Archipelago, Graham Land
Asia
Cambodia Sroh-Plom Mountain, "Virtuous Woman's Breast Mountain", located close to Senmonorom, Senmonorom District, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia.
China Dazeshan Mountain in Shandong Province Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province Twin Breasts Peak in Tianzhu Mountain in Anhui Province Qianling Mausoleum near Xian, their shape is man-made Two Breast Peaks (): two mountains in Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province Rushan (meaning "Breast Mountain") is a mountain in Weihai, Shandong Province.
Japan Mount Tsukuba with double peaks, one considered male (Nantai-san) and one female (Nyotai-san).
Malaysia Hills on Dayang Bunting Island, Langkawi, named for their resemblance to a pregnant maiden.
Middle East (translation from Arabic: "Breast of the bride") is a mountain in the Golan Heights.
Philippines Ilihan Hill, "Watery Breast", a pilgrimage site about four kilometres from Jagna, Bohol Kagmasuso, among other breast-shaped hills in San Andres, Catanduanes 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 Mount Susong Dalaga (also known as Breast Peak) in Tampakan, South Cotabato Susong Dalaga Peak of Mount Batolusong, Tanay, Rizal Manabu Peak (also known as Mount Dalaga or Mount Susong Dalaga) of the Malepunyo Mountain Range between the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Quezon Mount Tagapo (also known as Mount Susong Dalaga), Talim Island, Rizal two huge conical hills that are the highest peaks of Talim Island.
Russia Mount Umai in the Siberian Republic of Khakassia, resembling a human breast, is named after the mother goddess Umai.
Taiwan Twin peaks of Golden Needle Mountain () in Taimali Township, Taitung County. The name given to the twin peaks is the .
Thailand Doi Phu Nom (), Phayao Province, a breast-shaped hill rising in an area of grassland of the Phi Pan Nam Range. Khao Nom (), was one of the former names of Khanom, a district of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, due to the surrounding mountains. Khao Nom Nang, a hill at Huai Krachao, Kanchanaburi. Khao Nom Nang, (), a hill north of Pak Phraek, Kanchanaburi. Khao Nom Nang, a hill between Nong Pet and Chong Sadao, Kanchanaburi. Khao Nom Nang, an isolated hill in Khok Samae San, Lopburi. Khao Nom Nang, an isolated large hill in Khao Kala, Nakhon Sawan Province. Khao Nom Nang, the name of two hills west of Doeng Bang Nam Buat, Suphan Buri. Khao Nom Sao (), a mountain located in Ranong Province, Thailand. Khao Nom Sao, a round hill east of Phet Kasem road in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. Khao Nom Sao, a mountain in Chumphon Province. Khao Nom Sao, a hill in Phang Nga Province, part of a greater mountain system. Khao Nom Wang (), a small hill just east of the main road at Phanom Wang, Khuan Khanun District, also known as Khao Phanom Wang, Phatthalung Province. Ko Nom Sao () are twin islands located in the Phang Nga Bay, Phang Nga Province. Ko Nom Sao in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. Ko Nom Sao, an island off the shore in Chanthaburi Province.
Europe
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 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. 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
Denmark Marens Patter (Maren's Tits), a pair of twin hills that has functioned as a landmark for seafarers since the Bronze Age.
Greece Aphrodite's Breasts () – two hills in Mykonos
Slovenia Šmarna gora or Mount Saint Mary north of Ljubljana.
Spain Burrén and Burrena near Fréscano, Aragon Mola Murada near Valencia. , commonly known as Tetas de Lierganes, in Cantabria Puig de Mamelles, Felanitx, Mallorca Ses Mamelles, another name for the 714 m (2343 ft) high Puig des Castellot, Escorca, Mallorca Tetas de Viana, La Alcarria, Guadalajara Province Tetica de Bacares or "La Tetica", a 2,086 m (6,488 ft) high mountain in the Sierra de Los Filabres, Spain. Turó de la Mamella, a mountain near Vacarisses, Catalonia
France in the Mounts of Cantal
North and Central America
Canada Anûkathâ Îpa in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta
El Salvador San Vicente, also known as Chichontepec, the mountain of the two breasts in Nahuat, a stratovolcano
Guadeloupe , twin peaks on Guadeloupe.
Haiti Morne Deux Mamelles, in the Deux Mamelles National Park, Haiti.
Mexico Las Tetas de Juana, San Pedro Municipality, Coahuila Tres Tetas Mountain or El Chichión in Costa Grande of Guerrero
Nicaragua Ometepe, in Lake Nicaragua. Legend says that the island's volcanoes Maderas and Concepción formed from the breasts of Ometepetl, a daughter of the Niquirano tribe.
Panama Cerro La Teta in Las Guabas
Puerto Rico Cerro Las Tetas in Salinas Tetas de Cerro Gordo in San German
United States Bubble Mountains, in Acadia National Park, Maine. 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. Rock Mary, Caddo County, Oklahoma. Spanish Peaks, Colorado, named Huajatolla by the Ute Indians, meaning "two breasts". Tetilla Peak, Caja del Rio, New Mexico. is Spanish for "nipple". Tatoosh Peak and Tatoosh Range, near Mount Rainier in Washington State. From the Chinook Jargon word for "breast". 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; Grand Teton, Middle Teton, South Teton. 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. 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. Mollie's Nipple or Molly's Nipple is the name given to as many as seven peaks and some other geological features in Utah. Tunas Peak located in Pecos County, Texas, west of Bakersfield. 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
Australia Pyramid Hill, Pilbara, Western Australia The Paps, Victoria 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. Mammaloid Hills, Victoria, Australia
New Zealand Saddle Hill, Dunedin
South America Argentina Cerro Tres Tetas, in Santa Cruz Cerro Teta in Neuquén. Ñuñorco Grande, in Tucumán. Los Nonos, in Nono, Córdoba.
Bolivia Cerro Tres Tetas in Potosí
Chile Sierra Teta, Futaleufú Tetas del Biobío, formed by Cerro Teta Norte and Cerro Teta Sur, located in the mouth of the Biobío River.
Colombia Cerro La Teta, La Guajira La Sedona in the Tayrona National Park, Colombia. Morro La Teta, El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia Pico Tetari, Serranía del Perijá, La Guajira
Cuba Tetas de Santa Teresa, Baracoa
French Guiana Les Mamelles Islets
Peru Cerro Tetas, Chiclayo Province
Uruguay Cerro Batoví, in Tacuarembó. means breast of a virgin in the Guarani language.
Venezuela Tetas de María Guevara, Isla Margarita Teta de Niquitao, Trujillo State Cerro de Las Tetas, Tinaquillo, Cojedes Cerro las Tres Tetas, Barquisimeto
Gallery
See also Inselberg Maiden Paps Mamelon (fort) Mamelon (volcanology) Mamucium Mountains and hills of Scotland Phallic Rock, a rock in Arizona, United States St Melangell's Church The Sleeping Lady
References
External links Stuart McHardy, The Goddess in the Landscape of Scotland The Gododdin triangle by Philip Coppens
Mark Monmonier, From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame