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==Geological monoliths== Large, well-known monoliths include: === Africa === * [[Aso Rock]], Nigeria * [[Ben Amera]], Mauritania * [[Brandberg Mountain]], Namibia * [[Sibebe]], Eswatini * [[Zuma Rock]], Nigeria * [[Mount Lubiri]], Angola * Mount Poi, Kenya * [[Great Sphinx of Giza]] * [[Oruku Rock]], Ososo, Edo State, Nigeria === Antarctica === * [[Scullin monolith]] === Asia === [[File:Savandurga.jpg|thumb|[[Savandurga]], India, from the northern side]] [[File:Sanglahill.JPG|thumb|[[Sangla Hill]], Pakistan]] *[[Batu Caves]], [[Selangor]], [[Malaysia]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|date=31 January 2018|title=A Guide To The Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/malaysia/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-iconic-batu-caves-in-malaysia/|access-date=11 December 2020|website=The Culture Trip}}</ref> *[[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] *[[Gilbert Hill]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] *[[Kailasa temple, Ellora|Kailasa temple]], [[Ellora Caves|Ellora]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] * [[Namakkal Fort]], [[Namakkal]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] * [[Tiruchirappalli Rock Fort|Malaikottai]], [[Tiruchirappalli|Trichy]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] * [[Parangimalai|St. Thomas Mount]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] *[[Bellary Fort]], [[Bellary]], [[India]] * [[Madhugiri]] Betta, [[Karnataka]], [[India]] * [[Yana, India|Yana]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] * [[Bhongir, Telangana]], [[India]] * Ekasila, [[Warangal]], [[India]] * [[Mount Kelam]], [[Indonesia]] * [[Mount Pico de Loro]], [[Philippines]] * [[Mount Pulumbato]], [[Philippines]] * [[Sangla Hill]], [[Pakistan]] * [[Savandurga]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] * [[Sigiriya]], [[Sri Lanka]] === Australia === * [[Bald Rock National Park|Bald Rock]], near [[Tenterfield, New South Wales]] * [[Mount Augustus, Western Australia|Mount Augustus (Burringurrah)]], Western Australia (NOTE: this is not actually monolith as popularly claimed, but, rather, a [[monocline]]) * [[Mount Coolum National Park|Mount Coolum]], Queensland * [[Mount Wudinna]], South Australia * [[Pine Mountain (Victoria)|Pine Mountain]], Victoria * [[Uluru]], Northern Territory === Europe === [[File:Peñon de Ifach-2009.jpg|thumb|[[Natural Park of Penyal d'Ifac|Penyal d'Ifac]], Spain]] * Kalamos, [[Anafi]], [[Greece]] * [[Katskhi pillar]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] * [[Levski G.]], [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] * [[Logan Rock]], [[Treen (St Levan)|Treen]], [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]] * [[Monolithe de Sardières]], [[Sollières-Sardières]], [[France]] * [[Natural Park of Penyal d'Ifac|Penyal d'Ifac]], [[Calpe]], [[Valencian Community]], [[Spain]] * [[Peña de Arcos]], [[Arcos de la Frontera]], [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]] * [[Peña de los Enamorados]], [[Antequera]], [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]] (a World Heritage Site) * [[Rauk]], [[Sweden]] * [[Rock of Gibraltar]], [[Gibraltar]] * [[Rock of Monaco]], [[Monaco-Ville]], [[Monaco]] * [[Rock Cappa]], [[San Luca]], [[Italy]] === North America === ==== United States ==== [[File:Beacon rock.jpg|thumb|[[Beacon Rock State Park|Beacon Rock]], Washington, viewed from the west]] [[File:El Capitan in 2010.jpg|thumb|El Capitan in Yosemite]] * [[Angels Landing]], Zion National Park, Utah * [[Beacon Rock State Park|Beacon Rock]], [[Columbia River Gorge]], Washington * [[Bottleneck Peak]], Sids Mountain, Utah * [[Pineville, West Virginia|Castle Rock]], Pineville, West Virginia * [[Chimney Rock National Historic Site|Chimney Rock]], Bayard, Nebraska * [[Chimney Rock State Park|Chimney Rock]], Chimney Rock, North Carolina * [[Courthouse and Jail Rocks]], Bridgeport, Nebraska * [[Devils Tower]], Wyoming * [[El Capitan]], Yosemite National Park, California * [[Enchanted Rock]], Llano County, Texas * [[Frog Woman Rock]], Mendocino County, California * [[Great White Throne (mountain)|Great White Throne]], Zion National Park, Utah * [[Half Dome]], Yosemite National Park, California * [[Haystack Rock]], Clatsop County, Oregon * [[Looking Glass Rock]], Transylvania County, North Carolina * [[Moro Rock]], Sequoia National Park, California * [[Quincy Quarries Reservation]], Quincy, Massachusetts * [[Scotts Bluff National Monument]], Gering, Nebraska * [[Shiprock]], San Juan County, New Mexico * [[Stone Mountain]], Stone Mountain, Georgia * [[Stone Mountain (North Carolina)|Stone Mountain]], Stone Mountain, North Carolina * [[Tooth of Time]], Cimarron, New Mexico * [[Wolf Rock, Oregon|Wolf Rock]], Linn County, Oregon [[File:stawamus sharp.jpg|thumb|[[Stawamus Chief]] as seen from Valleycliffe neighborhood in [[Squamish, British Columbia]]]] ==== Canada ==== * [[Stawamus Chief]], Squamish, British Columbia * [[Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve#Photos|Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve]], [[Quebec]]<ref name="The Canadian Encyclopedia">{{cite web |title=Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mingan-archipelago-national-park-reserve |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=12 January 2024 |date=3 January 2015 |quote=Oddly shaped rock pillars sculpted by wind and sea create the unique islandscape of the natural reserve}}</ref>' <ref name="Mingan Archipelago Parks Canada">{{cite web |title=Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |url=https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/qc/mingan/nature/conservation/protection |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=19 November 2022|quote=Several animal and plant species present on the islands of the Mingan Archipelago and the surrounding landscape are endangered or at risk}}</ref>' <ref name="National Geographic">{{cite web |author1=Michael Melford photograph |title=Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve |date=6 July 2011 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/mingan-archipelago-canada-park |publisher=National Geographic |access-date=10 January 2024|location=Quebec, Canada |quote=close to a thousand islands and islets sprinkled along 93 miles from east to west, 24,711 acres}}</ref>' <ref name="Canadian Geographic">{{cite web |author1=Zach Baranowski, photograph |title=The Mingan Archipelago |url=https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-mingan-archipelago-a-land-shaped-by-time/ |publisher=Canadian Geographic |access-date=10 January 2024 |location=St Lawrence golf |quote=the shoreline at low tide reveals seemingly endless tide pools full of barnacles, green sea urchins, sea stars and other small invertebrates.}}</ref> ==== Mexico ==== * [[La Peña de Bernal]], [[Queretaro]]; claimed to be the world's third-largest monolith<ref name="Mexico Desconocido">{{cite web |last = López Domínguez |first = Leonor |title = Villa de Bernal and its Magic Mountain |publisher = México Desconocido #291 |url = http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/contenidos/home.html?p=nota&idNota=8897 |date = May 2001 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150313212946/http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/bernal-pueblos-magicos-de-mexico.html |archive-date = 13 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.de-paseo.com/Bernal/Bernal.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061027040930/http://www.de-paseo.com/Bernal/Bernal.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2006 |title=Peña de Bernal - Bernal - Queretaro |access-date=25 November 2008 |language=es }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Carrillo |first=Raul |title=Let's Go Mexico: On a Budget |publisher=Macmillan |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-37452-5 |editor-last=Northrop |editor-first=Laura Cava |page=370 |editor2=Curtis |editor-first2=Dwight L. |editor3=Sherman |editor-first3=Natalie}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Recetario del semidesierto de Querétaro: Acoyos, rejalgares y tantarrias |last=Escobar Ledesma |first=Agustín |year=1999 |publisher=Conaculta |isbn=978-970-18-3910-2 |page=75 }}</ref> * Las Piedrotas, near the town of [[Tapalpa]], Jalisco. === South America === [[File:Elpenolantioquia.JPG|thumb|[[El Peñón de Guatapé|El Peñón]], monolith in [[Colombia]], located in [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]]]] * [[El Peñón de Guatapé|El Peñón]], also known as El Peñol Stone or simply La Piedra, Colombia * [[Pão de Açúcar]], Brazil * [[Pedra da Gávea]], Brazil the world's largest monolith on the coastline * [[Pedra da Galinha Choca]], Brazil * [[Torres del Paine]], Chile === Outside Earth === * [[Phobos monolith]] on [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] * [[Mars monolith]]
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