Black Rock

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The name Black Rock may refer to:

Contents 1 Islands 2 Geographic areas 3 Communities 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] Islands

• Black Rock (Berkshire County, Massachusetts), an island
• Black Rock (Bristol County, Massachusetts), an island
• Black Rock (Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts), an island
• Black Rock (Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts), an island
• Black Rock, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts is an island at coordinates (Lat. - 42.653'N/Lon. - 70.708'W)
• Black Rock,Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts is an island at coordinates (Lat. - 42.606'N/Lon. - 70.663'W)
• Black Rock (Suffolk County, Massachusetts), an island
• Black Rock (Channel Islands)
• Black Rock, South Georgia, one of the remote islets of South Georgia, lying southeast of the Shag Rocks
• South Black Rock (Tasmania), small island off north-west Tasmania

[edit] Geographic areas

• Black Rock Desert region of northwestern Nevada
  • Black Rock Range mountains bisect the desert in northwestern Nevada
  • Black Rock Desert Wilderness a U.S. Wilderness area within the desert in northwestern Nevada
• Black Rock Desert Volcanic Field, an area named for numerous basaltic lava flows and volcanic vents in southwest Utah
• Black Rock Forest nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County New York
• Black Rock Gorge through which the Allt Graad flows in Scotland
• Black Rock Mountain State Park is near Mountain City, Georgia
• Black Rock State Park is near Watertown, Connecticut
• Black Rock, Co. Limerick a hill in County Limerick, Ireland

[edit] Communities

Australia

• Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
  • Black Rock Yacht Club lies within the Melbourne suburb

Barbados

• Black Rock, Barbados, a city in Saint Michael Parish

Canada

• Black Rock, Nova Scotia, a community on the Bay of Fundy

Ireland

• Blackrock, a suburb of Dublin

United States

• Black Rock, Arkansas
• Black Rock (Bridgeport), Connecticut, a neighborhood
  • Black Rock Harbor is adjacent to the Bridgeport, Connecticut neighborhood
  • Black Rock Harbor Light marks the entrance to the harbor in Connecticut
• Black Rock, New Mexico is a census designated place in northwestern New Mexico
  • Black Rock Airport, an airport near Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico
• Black Rock, New York (sometimes just referred to as 'Blackrock'), a former town and now a neighborhood in the northwest part of Buffalo, New York
• Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, a ghost town

Wales

• Black Rock, at a crossing of the River Severn, Monmouthshire
  • Black Rock railway station was a Welsh station until 1976

[edit] Other

• Black Rock Arts Foundation supports arts programs in San Francisco, California
• Black Rock Coalition, a U.S.-based artists' collective and non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black musicians
• Black Rock, the nickname for the CBS Building in New York City
• The Black Rock, a fictional ship on the popular American TV show Lost, introduced in Lost (season 1).
• Black Rock City, LLC, the organization behind the annual Burning Man festival
  • Black Rock Beacon is a newspaper associated with the Burning Man festival
• Black Rock Falls, a waterfall in Santa Clara County California
• Black Rock Press - University of Nevada, Reno a publisher
• Black Rock (hen), a variety of domestic chicken.
• Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence in Mecca
• Lapis Niger (Black Stone), ancient shrine in Rome

[edit] See also

• Blackrock (disambiguation)
• Black Rocks