10 Fascinating Rock Formations
Golden Rock (Burma)
Delicate Arch (Utah, USA)
Stone Tree (Bolivia)
Mushroom Rock (Egypt)
The Wave (Arizona, USA)
Ayers Rock (Australia)
Melting Shadows (Utah, USA)
Split Apple Rock (New Zealand)
The Pinnacles (Australia)
Perce Rock (Canada)
Reader Contributions to "10 Fascinating Rock Formations"
 | pont d'arc, provence, france by Vali on 11/19/2009 (Source) | |
 | Monterey Big Sur "Doorway" by Whitney on 11/18/2009 This doorway rock formation can be found in the Big Sur region of Monterey, CA. As you can see, when(...) | |
 | Vila Velha - Ponta Grossa - Paraná - Brazil by Alex on 11/14/2009 (Source) | |
 | Cathedral Cove - New Zealand by Tahnee L on 11/12/2009 Located in the Coramandel Peninsula of new zealands north island near Hahei and Hot water beach, the(...) | |
 | Durdle Door by Bottlekid on 11/9/2009 Durdle Door at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, UK (Source) | |
 | El Nido, Palawan Limestone Islands by Jigs on 10/25/2009 The beaches are surrounded by towering limestone cliffs. These cliffs serve as nestling ground of sw(...) (Source) | |
 | El Nido, Palawan Limestone Islands by Jigs on 10/25/2009 The beaches are surrounded by towering limestone cliffs. These cliffs serve as nestling ground of sw(...) (Source) | |
 | Rock of Gibraltar by Jigs on 10/25/2009 The Rock of Gibraltar (sometimes by its Latin name, Calpe) is a monolithic limestone promontory loca(...) (Source) | |
 | Capo D'Orso, Sardinia, Italy by july on 10/23/2009 The Bear's Cape. (Source) | |
 | Cudgel of Hercules by Kama on 10/23/2009 ~Maczuga Herkulesa is a tall (30 meters) limestone rock situated in Ojców National Park, north from (...) | |
 | Old Man Rock by Steve Morgan on 10/20/2009 Rock shaped like old man's face in Montana. | |
 | The Olgas - Australia by Jonathan C on 10/18/2009 You get this rock as a surprise when you go to see Ayers rock. The scale of this formation is simpl(...) | |
 | Azure Window, Malta by seastone on 10/15/2009 The Azure Window is a result of erosion by the sea creating two huge columns, around 40 metres in di(...) (Source) | |
 | Camel Rock, New Mexico by Nathan Gregg on 10/15/2009 This rock formation is in Northern New Mexico near the town of Tesuque. Camel Rock plays an importan(...) | |
 | Lime Stone Forest by RichyLee on 10/14/2009 Don't forget the Lime Stone Forest in Kunming, China. Where you can walk through mazes of lime ston(...) | |
 | The 12 Aposltles, Vic Australia by Neal on 10/13/2009 12 rock columns carved by the sea along the Vic coast in Aus. Spectacular! (Source) | |
 | Natural Bridge by Botrosss on 10/13/2009 Amazing rock formation in Albany, W.A. Australia (Source) | |
 | The Stone Mushrooms by Ivan on 10/13/2009 The Stone Mushrooms is a rock phenomenon near Beli Plast village in Bulgaria, on the road between Ha(...) (Source) | |
 | Pobiti Kamani by Ivan on 10/13/2009 Pobiti Kamani (Bulgarian: ?????? ??????) is a rock phenomenon located in Varna Province, Bulgaria, o(...) (Source) | |
 | Arch Rock by shine on 10/13/2009 Natural limestone formation on Mackinac Island, Michigan | |
 | Faraglioni Sunrise by noseph on 10/13/2009 Faraglioni, Isle of Capri. Taken at 06:48 on Aug 21, 2003 with a Casio QV-2000UX. | |
 | Devil's town, Serbia by Luka on 10/13/2009 Devil's town -Djavolja varos is one of the most attractive natural phenomena in the world. It is a p(...) (Source) | |
 | Stone Mountain by Dawn Bray on 10/13/2009 One of the world's largest exposed granite rock is in Georgia, USA, which does have the world's larg(...) (Source) | |
 | Redonda by Cosmo on 10/13/2009 Redonda is essentially one very large rock. It is the remnant of an ancient volcanic core, and the l(...) (Source) | |
 | Stromatolites by Lee on 10/12/2009 Not technically a rock, but they can become rock through lithification. They are accretionary struc(...) | |
 | Cabo Arch by Alejandra Marquez on 10/12/2009 Created by erosion of sea winds this magnific rock formation is located just where the Pacific Ocean(...) (Source) | |
 | Shilin (Stone Forest), China by Cosmo on 10/12/2009 Shilin (AKA Stone Forest) is a huge formation of grey rocks in the Yunnan province of China. The loc(...) (Source) | |
 | La Portada de Antofagasta by Pablo Espoz on 10/12/2009 The rock called "La Portada" in Antofagasta, Chile is one of the most visited spot in the north beac(...) | |
 | Torres Del Paine in Southern Patagonia (Chile) by Zhu on 10/12/2009 Located in Southern Patagonia in Chile, the Torres Del Paine National Park is most famous for the To(...) (Source) | |
 | The REAL James Bond island in Thailand by Frida on 10/12/2009 The real James Bond island is located in Phuket/Krabi, Thailand. (Source) | |
 | Montserrat by OdoacrO on 10/12/2009 Montserrat it's a mountain located in Catalonia, Spain. The mountains has strange rock formations. I(...) | |
 | Rawche - Beirut - Lebanon by SicoMico on 10/12/2009 | |
 | Camel Rock - Tesuque, New Mexico by Bill in Espanola on 10/12/2009 | |
 | Moon Valley (Bolivia) by Tantantantan on 10/12/2009 Valle de la Luna (moon valley in English) is situated about 10 kilometers from downtown La Paz, in t(...) (Source) | |
 | Elephant Trunk Hill - Guilin, China by Chris Mellon on 10/12/2009 Right in the city, no hours-long commute to visit. (Source) | |
 | Moon Hill - Yangshuo, China by Chris Mellon on 10/12/2009 You can climb right to the top of the rock if you take the abandoned path. (Source) | |
 | Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) - Serbia by Seka on 10/12/2009 | |
 | Toad Rock - Rusthall, Kent, UK by Sofiane on 10/12/2009 Toad shaped rock based in the village of Rusthall, Kent.sorry the videos rubbish, the websites b(...) (Source) | |
 | The Floating Rock by Purple_Tulip on 10/12/2009 The rock wanted to follow the Prophet Muhammad. This phenomenon happened on the night of ascent of P(...) (Source) | |
 | Bebele, Carpatian Mountins, Romania by Sandra on 10/12/2009 Babele (meaning old women) is a name for an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania.Babe(...) (Source) | |
 | Rhino Head in Palawan, Phillipines by mj on 10/12/2009 self explanitory (Source) | |
 | Cabo San Lucas by Rojamitchell on 10/12/2009 Great place in México :] (Source) | |
 | Devil's Tower, Wyoming by Cosmo on 10/12/2009 Devils Tower is a core of a volcano exposed from erosion. It is located in the Black Hills in Crook (...) (Source) | |
 | Babele (Old Ladies) by Magus on 10/11/2009 Rock formations in the Bucegi massif in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. (Source) | |
 | MUKUROB - The Finger of God by Gwyn on 10/11/2009 This rock is no more. It collapsed 4 December 1988.Nama oral tradition related that the power of (...) (Source) | |
 | Balancing rocks from Zimbabwe by Gwyn on 10/11/2009 These rocks are so famous they appear on the banknotes of Zimbabwe. | |
 | Moeraki Boulders by Lizzie on 10/11/2009 These huge spherical boulders are scattered along the Otago coast in NZ. (Source) | |
 | Roque Nublo by Tenebros on 10/11/2009 English meaning of Roque Nublo is Rock Clouded which is close to true (Rock is over the clouds). Loc(...) (Source) | |
 | Pancake Rocks by Jenny on 10/11/2009 This natural rock formation in New Zealand is formed by layers upon layers of limestone creating a "(...) (Source) | |
 | Russian Stone Idols of Komi by Nano on 10/11/2009 "This is one of the most mysterious places of Russian North. Those stone idols attract tourists from(...) (Source) | |
 | Chicken - Ceará-Brazil by Hugo on 10/11/2009 (Source) | |
 | Cape Brett "Hole in the Rock" New Zealand by Missew on 10/11/2009 Cape Brett is a promontory on the northern North Island coast in New Zealand. Located at the end of (...) (Source) | |
 | What Giant Caused This? by Big Mac on 10/11/2009 Giant's Causeway in Scotland. There's another great picture at www.galileo.org/math/puzzles/Giant.h(...) (Source) | |
 | Preikestolen by caio on 10/11/2009 this rock formation is principal turism atraction on norway,nobody has a answer for this rock format(...) (Source) | |
 | The Stone Trees of Yakutsk by Roggenrolf on 10/11/2009 A very impressive formation of rocks near the russian city of Yakutsk (around 5000kms from Moskva). (Source) | |
 | Devil's Punchbowl, OR by Skullycat on 10/11/2009 State officials believe the punchbowl was formed when the roof of two sea caves collapsed, creating (...) (Source) | |
 | Giant's Causeway by ek on 10/11/2009 Giant's Causeway in Ireland | |
 | La "Portada de Antofagasta" by Fernando Soler Escalona on 10/11/2009 The Portada de Antofagasta is the result of the erosive differential action of the sea on the coast,(...) (Source) | |
 | Enchanted Rock in central Texas by AlanDP on 10/11/2009 Enchanted Rock is a huge, pink granite exfoliation dome, that rises 425 feet above ground, 1825 feet(...) (Source) | |
 | Stone Mountain by Stacie on 10/11/2009 How could you guys forget our own Stone Mountain?The world's largest known granite (Source) | |
 | Flowerpot Rocks by Johnnycanuck on 10/11/2009 The Hopewell Rocks, also called the Flowerpot Rocks, are rock formations caused by tidal erosion in (...) | |
 | Portada de Antofagasta (Antofagasta, Chile) by Hancamilo on 10/11/2009 Strange rock formation on the chilean shore. | |
 | New Brunswick-Bay of Fundy by KendraR on 10/11/2009 Also called Hopewell Rocks, they are located in a popular tourist destination at Hopewell Cape, New (...) | |
 | Devil's Town in South Serbia by Pavle on 10/11/2009 (Source) | |
 | Garden of the Gods- Colorado, USA by aric_lightfeather on 10/11/2009 The Garden of the Gods is a rock formation near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Created by a strange com(...) (Source) | |
 | Eye of the Needle by Jackie on 10/11/2009 Another rock arch that was located alongside the Missouri River near Fort Benton Montana. In 1997 it(...) | |
 | Sleeping Ute by Follower on 10/11/2009 In the very old days, the Sleeping Ute Mountain was a Great Warrior God. He came to help fight again(...) | |
 | Monkey Face @ Smith Rocks OR by Ali on 10/11/2009 This is one of the coolest places I've been to. My girlfriend and I actually climbed it. My most mem(...) | |
 | Rauks at Gotland Sweden by Aekiey on 10/11/2009 shaped out of thousands of years, by hard wind and water, these rocks are placed on gotland but also(...) (Source) | |
 | The Giant's Causway by Sam Law on 10/11/2009 Just look at it. | |
 | Roca Bruja by ribo1987 on 10/11/2009 Roca Bruja in Costa Rica (Source) | |
 | Providence Canyon, GA by Patrick Barden on 10/11/2009 Providence Canyon, also known as Georgia's little grand canyon is stunning in it's many colors of ea(...) (Source) | |
 | Kapadokya Turkey by Wildowl on 10/11/2009 (Source) | |
 | uchisar Turkey by Wildowl on 10/11/2009 (Source) | |
 | Kapadokya Turkey by Wildowl on 10/11/2009 (Source) | |
 | Urgup Turkey by Wildowl on 10/11/2009 (Source) | |
 | Camel Rock by Bill from Espanola on 10/11/2009 Camel Rock Tesuque, New Mexico | |
 | Window Rock by Spectre on 10/11/2009 Interesting rock formation in Arizona (and setting of my favorite childhood book, "The Goat in the R(...) (Source) | |
 | Jerusalem ""Floating Rock" by Spectre on 10/11/2009 A much Photoshopped rock barely balanced on tiny "legs" (the source link is very full of graphics an(...) (Source) | |
 | Montserrat Mountain by Xpiders on 10/11/2009 "Montserrat" literally means "jagged (serrated) mountain" in Catalan due to its chainsaw aspect. It (...) (Source) | |
 | Flowerpot Islands, Tobermory, Ontario by sarah on 10/11/2009 flowerpot islands in bruce county ontario | |
 | Kjeragbolten by Fredrik on 10/11/2009 Kjeragbolten, a 5 m³ boulder wedged in a mountain crevasse by the edge of the Kjerag mountain (59°2?(...) (Source) | |
 | Trona Pinnacles by Denise on 10/11/2009 These interesting formations are in the town of Trona, California and have been used as a back drop (...) (Source) | |
 | Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick, Cnada by Dan on 10/11/2009 Hopewell Rocks are in The Bay of Fundy, where the tides can vary by up to 52ft (16m). At low tide y(...) (Source) | |
 | Kaffepannan, Gotland, Sweden by Trauloft on 10/11/2009 One of the famous Rauks on the biggest island in Sweden, Gotland. (Source) | |
 | Bell Rock by Adam on 10/11/2009 Located in Sedona, Arizona | |
 | The Rocks of Rouche (lebanon) by Elmo on 10/11/2009 | |
 | Viva Velha Park by Barbara on 10/11/2009 Located in Ponta Grossa (Brazil), the park was created to protect over 18 km² of rock formations. (Source) | |
 | Stone dolls (?????? ?????) by Bojan, Macedonia on 10/11/2009 This rock formation is located in Macedonia, South-East Europe, on 0.4 square km. Some of these "dol(...) | |
 | the old lady's jump by dimidola on 10/11/2009 When the Turks took over the island of Andros (Greece), an old lady together with her pregnant daugh(...) (Source) | |
 | The Hopewell Rocks by Brynn on 10/11/2009 These rocks are worn down at the base from the tides washing up and down. This is when the tide is o(...) | |
 | Taipei Yeliu by D2D on 10/11/2009 Weather you agree with the park rangers that Yehliu's strange rock formations resemble a nymph's san(...) (Source) | |
 | Stone trees of Yakutsk by Paul Goodhue on 10/11/2009 These are the breath-taking "stone trees in Russia, also known as; ?Lena's stone forest? or ?Lena's (...) (Source) | |
 | Bogenfels, Naminia by Gwyn on 10/11/2009 The Bogenfels is a sea arch which is on the coast of Namibia in the Sperregebiet. It is very seldom(...) | |
 | James Bond - The Man With The Golden Gun - Rock, Halong Bay, Vietnam by pcb on 10/11/2009 Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Qu?ng Ninh province, Vietnam. The Bay has an (...) (Source) | |
 | The Doorway to Antofagasta by Dante on 10/11/2009 In Antofagasta, in the north of Chile, along the seacoast, there is a natural monument that features(...) | |
 | djavolja varos by tomi on 10/11/2009 amazing (Source) | |
 | Wave Rock - Western Australia by Geoff Perston on 10/11/2009 Wave Rock attracts an amazing 130,000 visitors per year, which is incredible given it is more than 3(...) (Source) | |
 | Balancing Rock at Jabalpur India by Sarah on 10/11/2009 Balancing Rock. Jabalpur is also famous for eroded volcanic rock formations called as Balancing Rock(...) (Source) | |
 | Omu Point by andrew on 10/11/2009 Omu Point is situated in Romania in The Bucegi Mountains which are part of the Carphatian Mountains.(...) (Source) | |
 | Cappadocia, Turkey by the Soo-Rae on 10/11/2009 Called fairy chimneys, these tall domed rock formations are often used by residents as homes. The C(...) (Source) | |
 | Tandil´s Movable Stone by Cecilia on 10/11/2009 Tandil's Movable Stone was a rock of approximately 300 tons that was located in Tandil's Buenos Aire(...) (Source) | |
 | Mounted stone by Hanney Martins de Moraes Filho on 10/11/2009 the mounted stone is a megalithic monument which is located in Guararema\São Paulo, Brazil.It's a cu(...) (Source) | |
 | Shipton's Arch by Alex on 10/11/2009 This is probably the world's tallest natural arch. Though long familiar to locals, it was visited in(...) (Source) | |
 | The sphinx & Old women (Bucegi, Romania) by Ligia Adam on 10/11/2009 Old women (Babele) is a name for an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania, one of the most(...) (Source) | |
 | Drumheller, Canada by Pitoudesign on 10/11/2009 Located on Highway 10, east of Drumheller, Hoodoos are mushroom shaped sandstone created by years an(...) (Source) | |
 | The Sphinx by ciprian miron on 10/11/2009 The Sphinx, a rock formation ,very unusual, representing a man face, situated at 2216 m high, in Buc(...) (Source) | |
 | Wave Rock (Western Australia) by Cam Bateman on 10/11/2009 Wave Rock is a natural rock formation located east of the small town of Hyden in Western Australia. (...) | |
 | Pravcicka brana by Jitka on 10/11/2009 The largest natural stone arch on our continent - Europe. Its dimensions are remarkable, although (...) (Source) | |
 | Babele & Sphinx by T4G on 10/11/2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_%28Romania%29 (Source) | |
 | The Romanian Sphinx by romania on 10/11/2009 It's located in Bucegi mountain | |
 | ?avolja Varo? a.k.a. Devil's Town (Serbia) by Ime on 10/11/2009 ?avolja Varo? (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ?????, meaning "Devil's Town") is a peculiar rock formation,(...) (Source) | |
 | The bottle by Vincent on 10/11/2009 This rock is located in britanny (France) on the pink granite coast.The erosion left the rock in a(...) (Source) | |
 | La Portada by Xyox on 10/11/2009 Is a natural arch on the coast of Chile, 18 km (11 miles) north of Antofagasta. It is one of fifteen(...) (Source) |
