A pinnacle, tower, spire, needle or natural tower (German: Felsnadel, Felsturm or Felszinne) in geology is an individual column of rock, isolated from other rocks or groups of rocks, in the shape of a vertical shaft or spire. * Cerro Torre 3,133 m (south flank ~2,150 m), Patagonia, Argentina/Chile * The Barbarine (43 m high), Saxon Switzerland, Germany * The Vajolet Towers 2.790 m (main tower 120 m high), South Tyrol, Italy * Khao Ta Pu (known as James Bond Island) off Khao Phing Kan, Thailand * The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park, Western Australia * * *