Talk:Monolith

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[edit] Petra?

Shouldn't it be included in the monumental monoliths section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.24.0.86 (talk) 19:04, August 29, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Largest monoliths

I notcied that Mount Augustus has been designated the largest monolith. Is it really a monolith? Despite claims on some tourism sites, from the descriptions I can find of it, it doesn't sound like it meets the "single massive stone" definition (although it might in a few millenia as the sedimentary strata are eroded to expose more of the igneous roots). From what I can gather most of its mass is really more of an escarpment. Seems it might qualify as a monadock but not a monolith. Is there anybody who has been there in person that can shed more light on this? 09:28, 25 March 2005 67.101.69.49

[edit] Pena de Bernal

I have read several articles that the monolith La Pena de Bernal located in the state of Queretaro, Mexico is the third largest monolith.

Might want to double check. I do not know if it is correct, but it is claimed by the locals in Mexico. It is over 300 meters high, and supposedly only lighter than Ayers Rock at near 20 million tons. As a reference search a number of articles in Spanish on Mexican geography. 11:22, 26 March 2005 201.138.249.54

[edit] Uluru and Mount Conner

I have removed these as they are not monoliths, rather they are the visible parts of a much larger undeground rock formation along with Mount Olga. Garglebutt / (talk) 21:18, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Uluṟu is back now, right above the hidden comment that warns editors to take note that it is not a monolith. I do not know why. Since it was there, I fixed the link to be blue instead of red. -- Dominus 00:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question ?

I would have thought Ayers Rock, Uluru would be a Monolith. Mono lith, One-Rock. And I can think of at least one human produced item that is a "monolith", ..The Great Pyramed, Great Pyramid of Giza. One could even make the "strung out wall" the Great Wall of China into a "mono-lith". Just doing some musings, with comments. (I also wouldn't have thought a multiple rock(2,3,4, etc group), couldn't fit into a large "monolith" definition).In other words, could a "monolith" have exceptions? The 2001 'Monolith' certainly has its traits to make it, but only with its "deviations from a Normal definition." MichaelMcAnnisYumaAZMmcannis 02:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I believe Uluru doesn't meet the definition because it is not one rock but instead is a bit of a large range sticking out of the ground. Garglebutt / (talk) 03:30, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
So should the definition in the article say that to be a monolith, the rock must not be connected to the rock of the earth's crust? Is this the true definition? Either way we need a cited source for this, and also one that says Uluru is not a monolith - I'm adding fact templates --Ozhiker 09:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

I am seeking permission from a number of sources for a replacement photo of Mount Augustus with appropriate copyright status. Garglebutt / (talk) 02:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Got permission to use a very nice photo showing the whole rock. Garglebutt / (talk) 20:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Very Nice. --Colin Faulkingham 20:59, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ellora

I was told, on my trip to India, that the largest monolithic structure was at a site I visited in Ellora. It's a temple carved out of a mountain...all one piece of rock. They carved it from the top down.

[edit] Duplicated entry

North America: Haystack rock is listed twice. Once says Haystack Rock, Clatsop County, the other says, what Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, or something? They both link to the same article on haystack rock. Is this redundancy really necessary? I live in Oregon. And as nice as Haystack rock is (I've been to see it a few times), it probably isn't iportant enough to be double-listed. Mgmirkin 00:19, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Popular culture?

Does this article really need this? Surely the issue of the word 'monolith' in relation to games could populate some other article rather than this one? SatuSuro 15:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

IN fact the disambiguation page deals with this - and there really is no need for the 'popular culture' issue within a geomorphology based article! SatuSuro 15:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Have moved popular culture section to it's own page. --Michael Johnson 02:14, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is a monolith?

I've just tried to initiate debate at Talk:Mount Augustus National Park about the Mount Augustus "biggest monolith" claim, which those watching of this page may be interested in. The main problem to all of the monolith debates is not applying a suitable referenced and agreed definition, not helped by the diversity of definitions in dictionaries. If you strictly apply the current definition at the start of this article, almost all, or perhaps all of the examples need to be deleted, except the "Monumental monoliths". None of the larger are single rocks but all are surfaces expressions of much larger subsurface bed rock, Uluru being a classic example. --Zamphuor 15:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tepui

Is a tepui a monolith? (Antonio.sierra 13:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC))

[edit] A. C. C.

There is no mention of 2001 or 2010 in the article? Why is it biased against extraterrestrial monolith? Are wikipedians Moon and Jupiter haters or they have a grudge against famous SF writers? 82.131.210.162 (talk) 12:47, 30 May 2008 (UTC)