Rocks formations and theDedo de Deus Serra dos Órgãos National Park ,Rio de Janeiro state , Brazil Raouché or Pigeons' Rock inBeirut ,Lebanon Druid Arch ,Canyonlands National Park ,Utah , USView ofMeteora , Greece Rock formations in Ongamira Valley,Sierras de Córdoba ,Argentina Belogradchik Rocks ,Balkan Mountains ,Bulgaria "Jaws", an erosional fin inLittle Finland ,Nevada , US "Hajdučka vrata" onČvrsnica ,Herzegovina Paklenica ,Croatia Devil's Town ,Serbia Three Sisters inBlue Mountains ,Australia Arock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surfacerock outcrop . Rock formations are usually the result ofweathering anderosion sculpting the existing rock. The termrockformation can also refer to specific sedimentarystrata or other rock unit instratigraphic andpetrologic studies.
A rock structure can be created in any rock type or combination:
Igneous rocks are created when molten rock cools and solidifies, with or without crystallisation. They may be eitherplutonic bodies orvolcanic extrusive. Again, erosive forces sculpt their current forms.Metamorphic rocks are created by rocks that have been transformed into another kind of rock, usually by some combination of heat, pressure, and chemical alteration.Sedimentary rocks are created by a variety of processes but usually involving deposition, grain by grain, layer by layer, in water or, in the case of terrestrial sediments, on land through the action of wind or sometimes moving ice.Erosion later exposes them in their current form.Geologists have created a number of terms to describe different rock structures in thelandscape that can be formed by natural processes:
Here is an incompletelist of rock formations by continent.
Gobustan National Park ,Azerbaijan Kyaiktiyo Pagoda ,Mon State ,Burma Aphrodite's Rock ,Paphos ,Cyprus Tanah Lot ,Bali ,Indonesia Jeti-Ögüz ,Jeti-Ögüz district ,Kyrgyzstan Tanjong Bunga ,Penang ,Malaysia Al Naslaa rock formation ,Saudi Arabia Long Ya Men ,Singapore Seorak-san National Park,Sokcho ,South Korea Yehliu ,Taiwan Halong Bay ,Vietnam Devil's Chair,Lake Superior Provincial Park , Ontario Flowerpot Island ,Georgian Bay , OntarioSleeping Giant , OntarioGrand Manan Island , New BrunswickHopewell Rocks , New BrunswickGabriola Island , British ColumbiaBrady's Beach ,Bamfield , British ColumbiaChimney Rock ,Marble Canyon , British ColumbiaHeron Rocks ,Hornby Island , British ColumbiaSiwash Rock ,Stanley Park ,Vancouver , British ColumbiaPercé Rock ,Gaspé , QuebecTete d'Indien , Perce,Gaspé , QuebecBalancing Rock , Long Island, Nova ScotiaPeggy's Cove , Nova ScotiaBanff National Park , AlbertaBig Rock ,Okotoks , AlbertaDrumheller , AlbertaWalsh, Alberta , seeMedicine Hat , AlbertaMain Topsail Hill , nearGaff Topsails , Newfoundland and LabradorArches, St. Anthony , Newfoundland and LabradorElephant Rock , Prince Edward IslandGiant's Chair , Howard's Cove, Prince Edward IslandVictoria Rock , YukonAyo Rock Formations , ArubaDevil's Trail,Virgin Gorda , British Virgin Islands The Baths , Virgin Gorda, British Virgin IslandsCoki Beach ,St. Thomas , United States Virgin IslandsPointe des Châteaux ,Grande Terre , GuadeloupeDiamond Rock (Rocher du Diamant), MartiniqueSierra de Organos National Park ,Sombrerete ,Zacatecas Piedras Encimadas Valley ,Zacatlán ,Puebla Peña de Bernal , Bernal, QuerétaroCopper Canyon ,Chihuahua Los Arcos Rocks ,Cabo San Lucas ,Baja California Sur Hierve el Agua , San Lorenzo AlbarradasBosque del Cabo, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Los Ladrillos,Boquete , Panama[ 2] Dali's Desert,Potosi Valle de Las Rocas, Uyuni Canon de Duene Bosnia and Herzegovina [ edit ] A view of the Wonderful Bridges,Bulgaria Paklenica ,Croatia Lange Anna Meteora with Greek Orthodox monasteries The iconic Rock of Gibraltar Bailiwick of Guernsey [ edit ] Pietra di Bismantova, Italy Il Gargano, Vieste,Apulia Palmarola,Sicily Pietra di Bismantova ,Reggiano Apennines Valle Seriana,Bergamo ,Lombardy Golfo di Orosei, Cala Luna, Monte Tiscali,Sardinia Tarpeian Rock The thrown stones , LazioVidzeme Pusena Kalns, Bartava The collapsed Bride's Cave (Salt Mountain) from Slănic, Romania Apuseni Mountains :Detunatele Bucegi Mountains :Babele ,The Sphinx Ciucaș Mountains :Porumbelul Bratocei ,Colții Bratocei ,Turnul Goliat ,Babele la sfat , etc.Făgăraş Mountains :Fereastra zmeilor Hășmaș Mountains :Piatra singuratică Piatra Craiului Mountains:La zaplaz ,Cerdacul Stanciului ,Turnul/Degetul lui Anghelide Gorges:Bicaz Gorge ,Turda Gorge , Danube'sIron Gate (includesBabacai Rock [ 3] Cheile Dobrogei ,Cheile Sohodolului ,Cheile Doftanei (aka Brebului) Piatra Secuiului in Alba CountyPiatra Verde (or Muntele Verde) and theSalt Mountain inSlănic Râpa Roșie Kigilyakhs in theUlakhan-Sis Range .Human figure dwarfed by huge rock formations of theUlakhan-Sis Range , Sakha (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia The Three Brothers,Busani , Buryatia Kamen Shahtai,Lake Baikal Kisilyakh Range ,Yakutia , topped bykigilyakh formationsKisilyakh-Tas , Yakutia, topped by kigilyakh formationsKontalaksky Golets ,Zabaykalsky Krai Kyun-Tas , Yakutia, topped by kigilyakh formationsLena Cheeks , Irkutsk OblastLena Pillars , YakutiaMonrepo Park ,Vyborg ,St. Petersburg Stolby National Park ,Krasnoyarsk Krai [ 4] Sail Rock ,Krasnodar Krai Taganay National Park ,Chelyabinsk Ulakhan-Sis , Yakutia, topped by kigilyakh formationsVratna Gates natural stone bridges in SerbiaAcantilados de Los Gigantes ,Tenerife Island , Canary IslandsLos Roques de Garcia,Tenerife Island , Canary Islands Las Canades,Tenerife Island , Canary Islands Ciudad Encantada , Castilla–La ManchaPicuezo and Picueza,Autol , La Rioja Fuente de los Azulejos , Gran Canaria Island, Canary IslandsEl Torcal de Antequera andPeña de los Enamorados , Antequera, Andalusia, a World Heritages SitesRoque Nublo , Gran Canaria Island,Canary Islands Montserrat , CataloniaRoques de Benet , Ports de Beseit, CataloniaLos Callejones de Las Majadas, Serranía de Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha El Guerrero Romano,Sierra Carrascosa , Aragon Mallos de Riglos , Las Peñas de Riglos, AragonPeña Bajenza in La RiojaLas Médulas ,Province of León , site of Roman gold minesLa Peña,Arcos de la Frontera , Andalusia Peñón de Ifach ,Calpe ,Valencian Community Gotická brána,Sulov rocks ,Slovakia Talava arches, Niue Uluru, Australia The Three Sisters ,Katoomba –Blue Mountains ,New South Wales Devils Marbles ,Northern Territory Kata Tjuta , also known as The Olgas, Northern TerritoryRainbow Valley , Northern TerritoryUluru , also known as Ayers Rock, Northern TerritoryMurphys Haystacks ,Nullarbor Desert,South Australia Remarkable Rocks , South AustraliaTwelve Apostles ,Great Ocean Road ,Victoria Mount Augustus ,Western Australia Pinnacles Desert ,Nambung National Park , Western AustraliaWave Rock ,Hyden , Western AustraliaCastle Hill, New Zealand Castle Hill Basin,Canterbury Koutu Boulders ,Hokianga Māori Bay giant pillow lava,Muriwai Lion Rock ,Piha Moeraki Boulders ,Otago The Nuggets ,Catlins Coast , OtagoPancake Rocks,Punakaiki Putangirua Pinnacles ,Wairarapa Stony Batter ,Waiheke Island Truman Track Beach, Punakaiki Horeke basalts , HokiangaGog and Magog, southernStewart Island / Rakiura
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