The name Sugarloaf or Sugar Loaf applies to numerous raised topographic landforms worldwide: mountains, hills, peaks, summits, buttes, ridges, rock formations,

bornhardt A bornhardt () is a dome-shaped, steep-sided, bald rock outcropping at least in height and several hundred metres in width. They are named after Wilhelm Bornhardt (1864–1946), a German geologist and explorer of German East Africa, who firs ...

inselberg An inselberg or monadnock ( ) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In Southern Africa, a similar formation of granite is known as a koppie, an ...

, etc. Landforms resembling the characteristic conical shape of a

sugarloaf A sugarloaf was the usual form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century, when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process in which dark molasses, ...

were often so named.''New Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus.'' "sugarloaf." Lexicon Publications, Danbury, Connecticut, 1993. __NOTOC__

Austria

Zuckerhütl The Zuckerhütl is a mountain in Tyrol, Austria. At 3,505 metres (11,499 feet), it is the highest peak of the Stubai Alps and lies at the southern end of the Stubaital Valley. It derives its name, the German for sugarloaf, from its conical shape ...

("Little Sugarloaf"), highest peak of the

Stubai Alps The Stubai Alps (, ) is a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps of Europe. It derives its name from the Stubaital valley to its east and is located southwest of Innsbruck, Austria. Several peaks form the border between Austria and Italy. The ...

, Tyrol

Australia

Mount Sugarloaf (New South Wales) Mount Sugarloaf, also known as ''Great Sugar Loaf'', is a mountain in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, standing at 412 metres (1,352 feet), it looks over the cities of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Cessnock, and Maitland. Th ...

* Sugarloaf Peak and Sugarloaf Saddle in

Cathedral Range The Cathedral Range is a mountain range immediately to the south of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. The range is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada. The range is named after Cathedral Peak, which resembles a cathedral spire. Geograp ...

, Victoria * Mt Sugarloaf, a peak on Mount Leura, Victoria * Mt Sugarloaf, in

Kinglake National Park The Kinglake National Park is a national park in Central Victoria, Australia. The national park is situated northeast of Melbourne and includes tracks (some with wheelchair access), and camping facilities. The national park includes Masons Fal ...

* Sugarloaf, in Mount Buangor State Park * Mt Sugarloaf, peak in the Pyrete Range of

Lerderderg State Park Lerderderg State Park (incorporating the former Pyrete State Forest) is a 14,250-hectare park located between Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Bacchus Marsh and Blackwood, Victoria, Blackwood, an hour's drive from Melbourne, Australia. The park is part o ...

, Victoria * The Sugarloaf, Hallett Cove,

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

Brazil

Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain (, ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf suga ...

(''Pão de Açúcar''), in Rio de Janeiro

Canada

Sugarloaf Mountain (New Brunswick) Sugarloaf Mountain is a mountain in the northern Appalachian Mountains in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada. The mountain is protected by Sugarloaf Provincial Park and lies within city limits, just south of the urban ...

* Wilkie Sugar Loaf in Nova Scotia * Pain de Sucre ("Sugarloaf") summit of

Mont Saint-Hilaire Mont Saint-Hilaire (; English: Mount Saint-Hilaire; ;, ; see for other names) is a mountain, high, in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec. It is about thirty kilometres east of Montreal, and immediately east of the Richelieu River. It ...

, Quebec * Mount Cheminis or Mont Chaudron on the Quebec-Ontario border * Sugarloaf Mountain, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Greenland

* Sugarloaf Mountain in

Kangerlussuaq Kangerlussuaq (; ; ) is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipalities of Greenland, municipality located at the head of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, fjord of the same name. It was Greenland's main air transport hub and the site of G ...

* Gammel Sukkertoppen (''Old Sugar Loaf'') and Ny Sukkertoppen (''New Sugar Loaf''), the Danish names of

Kangaamiut Kangaamiut,"Maniitsoq", Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992. formerly known as Gammel Sukkertoppen, is a settlement with a population of 293 (2020) in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Geography Kangaamiut is located on an island ...

and

Maniitsoq Maniitsoq () or Sukkertoppen is a town on Maniitsoq Island, western Greenland located in the Qeqqata municipality. With 2,534 inhabitants , it is the sixth-largest town in Greenland. History Archaeological finds indicate that the area ha ...

, respectively, named for the mountains surrounding the former. Dutch whalers and traders referred to the mountains as ''Zuikerbrood''.

Ireland

Great Sugar Loaf Great Sugar Loaf () at , is the 404th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, however, being below 600 m it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales.Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: ...

, a 501 m peak in east County Wicklow * Little Sugar Loaf, a 342 m peak in east County Wicklow * Sugarloaf (County Cork), a 574 m peak near Glengarriff in County Cork *

Sugarloaf (West Wicklow) Sugarloaf is a peak in west County Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a topographical prominence, prominence of only , it is not listed in any of the Lists of mountains in Ireland, recognised categorie ...

, a 552 m peak in west County Wicklow *

Sugarloaf Hill (Knockmealdowns) Sugarloaf Hill () is a mountain peak located in the Knockmealdown Mountains on the border between County Tipperary and County Waterford. See also * List of mountains in Ireland A list is a set of discrete items of information collected ...

, a 663 m peak in the Knockmealdowns on the Tipperary/Waterford border

New Zealand

* Mount Sugarloaf (1238m), by Lake Heron, South Island, New Zealand * Sugar Loaf Islands, near New Plymouth *

Sugarloaf (Christchurch) Sugarloaf ( is a hill in the Port Hills, south of central Christchurch in New Zealand. The hill is home to the main television and FM radio transmitter for Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region. Etymology ''Te Heru o Kahukura'', t ...

, a peak in the Port Hills with a prominent transmission tower

Norway

* Sukkertoppen (), a 314m mountain on the island of Hessa in

Ålesund Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...

, Norway

Philippines

* Pan de Azucar Island in Iloilo province

Sierra Leone

Sugar Loaf (Freetown) :''Mountains with a similar name are listed at Sugarloaf_(mountain)'' Sugar Loaf is a forested mountain in the Western Area of Sierra Leone in west Africa. The capital city of Freetown is built around its lower slopes. Parts of the mountain ar ...

is a mountain on the edge of the capital city

United Kingdom

* Sugar Loaf, Carmarthenshire, Wales *

Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire The Sugar Loaf () is a hill situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales, within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It is the southernmost of the summit peaks of the Black Mountains, and rises to 1,955 feet (596 metres). T ...

, Wales * Sugarloaf Hill, Malvern, England * Sugarloaf Hill, Folkestone Downs, England

United States

Sugar Loaf Mountain (Alaska) Sugar Loaf Mountain, also known as Sugar Mountain, is a summit located in the Alaska Range, near Denali National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, United States. It is situated northeast of park headquarters and southeast of Healy. The George Par ...

Sugarloaf Mountain (Cleburne County, Arkansas) Sugarloaf Mountain is a hiking and mountain biking destination located in Cleburne County, Arkansas, east of the city of Heber Springs, Arkansas. It is 690 feet tall, and is topped by an Atoka formation, a geologic formation sequence of sandstone, ...

* Sugarloaf Mountain (Arizona) * Sugarloaf Mountain (Butte County, California) * Sugarloaf Mountain (Riverside County, California) * Sugarloaf Mountain (San Bernardino County, California) * Sugarloaf Mountain (San Mateo, California) * Sugarloaf Ridge, situated in

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Sugarloaf Ridge State Park is a state park in Northern California, United States. Located in the Mayacamas Mountains northeast of Kenwood, the park straddles the boundary between Sonoma and Napa counties. The park contains the Bald Mountain ...

in Sonoma County, California * Sugarloaf Dome *

( Boulder County,

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

) *

Sugarloaf Mountain (Florida) Sugarloaf Mountain is the fifth-highest named point and the most prominent point in the U.S. state of Florida. At 312 feet (95.0976 m) above sea level it is also the highest point on the geographic Florida Peninsula. The hill is in Lake County ...

, the highest point of peninsular Florida * Sugarloaf Mountain (Rowan County, Kentucky) * Sugarloaf Mountain (Maine) *

Sugarloaf Mountain (Maryland) Sugarloaf Mountain is a small (1,283 feet; 391 m) mountain and park about 10 miles (16 km) south of Frederick, Maryland. The closest village is Barnesville, located just over one mile from the foot of the mountain. The peak of this relati ...

* Sugarloaf Mountain (Massachusetts) * Sugarloaf Mountain (Marquette, Michigan) *

Sugar Loaf (Mackinac Island) Sugar Loaf is a 75-foot-high (23m) landlocked rock or stack in the interior of Mackinac Island in Lake Huron. Created by erosion during the period of postglacial Lake Algonquin, Sugar Loaf is the largest post-glacial erosion feature in the Stra ...

, a rock formation on Mackinac Island in Michigan * Sugar Loaf (Winona, Minnesota) * Sugarloaf (New York) * Sugarloaf Hill (Putnam County, New York), and Sugarloaf Mountain (Dutchess County, New York), two adjacent peaks in the

Hudson Highlands The Hudson Highlands are mountains on both sides of the Hudson River in New York (state), New York state lying primarily in Putnam County, New York, Putnam County on its east bank and Orange County, New York, Orange County on its west. They conti ...

of New York *

Sugarloaf Mountain (Greene County, New York) Sugarloaf Mountain is a mountain located in Greene County, New York. The mountain is part of the Devil's Path range of the Catskill Mountains. To the northwest, Sugarloaf is separated from Plateau Mountain by Mink Hollow Notch; to the southe ...

, one of the

Catskill High Peaks The Catskill High Peaks are all of the mountains in New York's Catskill Mountains above in elevation whose summits are separated either by ''or'' a vertical drop of at least between it and the next nearest separate summit. By usual standards ...

* Sugarloaf Mountain (Webb, New York), in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York * Sugar Loaf Mountain (Orange County, New York) * Sugarloaf Mountain (Rutherford County, North Carolina) * Sugarloaf (Geauga County, Ohio), one of the highest points of

Northeast Ohio Northeast Ohio is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that comprises the northeastern counties of the U.S. state of Ohio. Definitions of the region consist of 16 to 23 counties between the southern shore of Lake Erie and the foothills ...

* Sugarloaf Mountain (Ross County, Ohio), situated in

Great Seal State Park Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" * Artel Great (bo ...

, located in

Chillicothe, Ohio Chillicothe ( ) is a city in Ross County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 22,059 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along the Scioto River 45 miles (72 km) south of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, ...

* Sugar Loaf Mountain (Oklahoma),

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

with the most

prominence In topography, prominence or relative height (also referred to as autonomous height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling ...

in the state * Sugarloaf Mountain (Pennsylvania), inside the eponymous Sugarloaf Township of

Luzerne County Luzerne County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is Northeaste ...

* Sugarloaf Mountain (South Carolina), near Patrick,(Chesterfield County, South Carolina) * Sugarloaf Mountain (El Paso, Texas) in the

Franklin Mountains State Park Franklin Mountains State Park is a List of Texas state parks, state park in El Paso, Texas, United States. The park is named after the Franklin Mountains (Texas), Franklin Mountains, a mountainous range that extends from El Paso to New Mexico. ...

* Sugarloaf Mountain (Gause, Texas), sacred to the

Tonkawa The Tonkawa are a Native American tribe from Oklahoma and Texas. Their Tonkawa language, now extinct language, extinct, is a linguistic isolate. Today, Tonkawa people are enrolled in the Federally recognized tribes, federally recognized Tonkawa ...

tribe *

Sugarloaf Mountain (Utah) Sugarloaf Mountain is an summit on the boundary that Salt Lake County shares with Utah County, in Utah, United States. Description Sugarloaf Mountain is located southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Alta Ski Area in the Wasatch–Cach ...

, a mountain near the

Alta Ski Area Alta is a ski area in the western United States, located in the town of Alta, Utah, Alta in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County. With a skiable area of , Alta's base elevation is and rises to for a vertical gain of . One of the ...

outside of Salt Lake City, Utah * Sugarloaf Mountain (Wyoming), in the Snowy Range. * Sugarloaf Mountain (Vermont), a prominence southeast of Sugarbush Resort.

Uruguay

Cerro Pan de Azúcar Cerro Pan de Azúcar (''Sugar Loaf Hill'') is among the top 10 highest points of Uruguay, with an altitude of 423 metres (1,387.8 ft). Location and features It is located southwest of Maldonado Department, in the municipality of Piri� ...

(Sugarloaf Hill), Maldonado

References

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Sugarloaf mountain Sugarloaf Mountain (, ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf suga ...