Rock pinnacle

A needle shaped rock, also called rock tower or rock pinnacle, is a single and isolated from other rocks or groups of rocks standing rock, which has a pointed shape.

Examples are the peak top of the Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif, which is approximately 43 m high Barbarine on the south side of the Pfaff steins at Königstein or the bishop's miter, the Three Peaks and the Vajolet towers in the Dolomites, which are rich in towers.

For rock pinnacle, Pinnacle Latin is scopulus (see Scuol).

Barbarine (43 m high), Saxon Switzerland

Vajolet towers 2,790 meters ( main tower 120 m high), South Tyrol, Italy

Khao Ta Pu ( known as " James Bond Island " ) in front of Khao Phing Kan, Thailand