When there is a high wind, a banner cloud is formed downwind of the upper slopes of isolated, steep-sided mountains.

In the distance, partly concealed by a razor-topped ridge, Tiaan saw an isolated steep-sided mountain with four individual peaks, inside which nestled a field of ice.

The landscape here was a broken one, with steep-sided mountain ranges rising abruptly out of deep-cut valleys, and roads that wound precariously around fierce conical peaks.

The terrain below was rugged in the extreme, consisting almost entirely of a succession of deep and winding valleys and steep-sided mountains.

Fjords, steep-sided mountains, and dense forests characterize the island.

Silver streams hurtled down the steep-sided mountains to become noisy, fast-flowing roadside brooks.

Mayrhofen is set between its two steep-sided mountains.

With its narrow entrance and steep-sided mountains, Trollfjord cuts westwards from the Raftsundet strait.

The outer flanks of the steep-sided mountain are dissected by deep gullies, with lava flows extending to the sea.