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Meteora Rocks

The Meteora rocks represent towering sandstone formations rising dramatically from Thessaly’s plains in Greece. These na...

Natural Greece Sandstone Monasteries

9.4 Excellent

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Table Mountain

Table Mountain is a prominent sandstone monolith rising above Cape Town, South Africa. Its unique flat summit and divers...

Natural South Africa Iconic Cape Town

9.2 Excellent

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Half Dome

Half Dome is a prominent granite monolith within Yosemite National Park. Its massive scale—rising over 8,800 feet above...

Natural USA Granite Yosemite

9.1 Excellent

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Sugarloaf Mountain (Pão de Açúcar)

Sugarloaf Mountain, or Pão de Açúcar, is a prominent granite monolith rising from Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. Its...

Natural Iconic Granite Brazil

9.0 Excellent

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Skellig Michael

Skellig Michael rises dramatically from the Atlantic, a testament to centuries of human endeavor and the raw power of na...

Natural Ireland Unesco Slate

9.0 Excellent

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Trolltunga

Trolltunga is a massive granite monolith situated in Ramberg, Norway. It’s notable for its dramatically overhanging ledg...

Natural Norway Hardanger Gneiss

9.0 Excellent

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The Mittens (Monument Valley)

The East and West Mitten Buttes are isolated sandstone landforms in Monument Valley within the Navajo Nation, near the A...

USA Utah Sandstone Buttes

9.0 Excellent

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Cathedral Rock (Sedona)

Cathedral Rock is a prominent sandstone butte located in Sedona, Arizona, within the Coconino National Forest. It reache...

Natural USA Arizona Red Sandstone

8.5 Great

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Devils Tower

Devil’s Tower is a striking igneous rock formation located in northeast Wyoming. It’s notable for its unique columnar ba...

Natural USA Wyoming Columnar

8.3 Great

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Mount Popa

Mount Popa is a 1,518-meter stratovolcano located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar, though the name is often used to re...

Natural Sacred Myanmar Temple

8.0 Great

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Bell Rock (Sedona)

Bell Rock is a prominent red sandstone butte located near Sedona, Arizona, within the Coconino National Forest. Recogniz...

Natural USA Arizona Red Sandstone

7.8 Good

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Chimney Rock (Colorado)

Chimney Rock is a 97-meter sandstone spire located in the San Juan National Forest of southwestern Colorado, designated...

Natural USA Colorado Spire

7.5 Good

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Enchanted Rock

Enchanted Rock is a large pink granite dome in the Texas Hill Country of central Texas. The exposed rock formation rises...

Natural USA Granite Texas

7.2 Good

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Courthouse Butte (Sedona)

Courthouse Butte is a large butte of red sandstone near Sedona in northern Arizona, United States. Its broad, flat summi...

Natural USA Arizona Red Sandstone

7.0 Good

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Wollumbin (Mount Warning)

Wollumbin, formerly known in English as Mount Warning, is a volcanic plug in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is...

Natural Australia Sacred New South Wales

7.0 Good

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Lembert Dome

Lembert Dome is a glacially shaped granite dome in Tuolumne Meadows, within Yosemite National Park, California. Its expo...

Natural USA Granite Yosemite

6.8 Fair

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North Dome (Yosemite)

North Dome is a granite dome on the northern side of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. A trail from...

Natural USA Granite Yosemite

6.8 Fair

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Liberty Cap (Yosemite)

Liberty Cap is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California, located near Nevada Fall in the Merced River canyon...

Natural USA Granite Yosemite

6.5 Fair

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Looking Glass Rock

Looking Glass Rock is a large granite formation in Pisgah National Forest in western North Carolina. Its rounded profile...

Natural USA Granite North Carolina

6.3 Fair

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Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain is a granite dome and monadnock in DeKalb County, Georgia, east of Atlanta. Its exposed rock surface cont...

Natural USA Granite Georgia

6.1 Fair