Monolith
A monolith is a geological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are most often made of very hard and solid metamorphic or igneous rock.
The word derives from the Latin word monolithus from the Greek word μονόλιθος (monolithos), derived from μόνος ("one" or "single") and λίθος ("stone").
Geological monoliths
Large, well-known monoliths include:
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
- Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory, Australia
- Pine Mountain, Victoria, Australia
- Bald Rock, near Tenterfield, New South Wales
- Mount Coolum, Queensland
- Mount Wudinna, near Wudinna, South Australia
- Kokerbin Rock, Western Australia
- Mount Chudalup, D'Entrecasteaux National Park, near Northcliffe, Western Australia
Europe
- Kalamos, Anafi, Greece
- Frau Holle Stone, near Fulda, Germany
- Humber Stone, Humberstone, near Leicester, England
- King Arthur's Stone, Cornwall, England
- Logan Rock, Trereen, Cornwall, England
- Odin Stone (Stenhouse, Orkney; destroyed in 1814)
- Peñon de Ifach Calpe, Spain
- Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar
- Rock of Monaco, Monaco-Ville, Monaco
North America
United States
- Beacon Rock, Columbia River Gorge, Washington
- Bottleneck Peak and Moon, Sids Mountain, Utah
- Chimney Rock, Bayard, Nebraska
- Courthouse and Jail Rocks, Bridgeport, Nebraska
- Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
- El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California
- Enchanted Rock, Llano County, Texas
- Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California
- Haystack Rock, Clatsop County, Oregon
- Looking Glass Rock, Transylvania County, North Carolina
- Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
- Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain, Georgia
- Castle Rock, Pineville, West Virginia
Canada
- Stawamus Chief, Squamish, British Columbia
- Satsalla Peak, British Columbia
Mexico
South America
Monumental monoliths
A structure which has been excavated as a unit from a surrounding matrix or outcropping of rock.[5]
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