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Here is a '''list of rock formations''' by continent.
= List of rock type =
A list of all unique rock types recognized by petrologists. Names of non-rock types and archaic rock types are given as appendices.

Contents

* Igneous
* Sedimentary
* Metamorphic

== Igneous ==

: Andesite - an Intermediate volcanic rock
: Anorthosite - an intrusive igneous felsic rock composed predominantly of plagioclase
: Aplite - a very fine grained intrusive igneous rock
: Basalt - a volcanic rock of mafic composition
: Adakite - a class of basaltic rocks containing low yttrium and ytterbium
: Hawaiite - a class of basalts formed from ocean island (hot spot) magmatism.
: Basanite - a volcanic rock of mafic composition; essentially a silica undersaturated basalt
: Boninite - a high-magnesian basalt dominated by pyroxene
: Carbonatite - a rare igneous rock composed of >50% carbonate minerals
: Charnockite - a type of granite containing pyroxene
: Enderbite - a variety of charnockite
: Dacite - a felsic to intermediate volcanic rock with high iron content
: Diabase or dolerite - an intrusive mafic rock forming dykes or sills
: Diorite - a coarse grained intermediate plutonic rock composed of plagioclase, pyroxene and/or amphibole
: Dunite - a phaneritic ultramafic rock composed of more than 90% olivine, usually forsteritic
: Essexite - a silica undersaturated mafic plutonic rock (essentially a foid-bearing gabbro)
: Foidolite - a plutonic igneous rock composed of >90% feldspathoid minerals
: Gabbro - a coarse grained plutonic rock composed of pyroxene and plagioclase basically equivalent to basalt
: Granite - a coarse grained plutonic rock composed of orthoclase, plagioclase and quartz
: Granodiorite - a granitic plutonic rock with plagioclase > orthoclase
: Granophyre - a subvolcanic intrusive rock of granitic composition
: Harzburgite - a variety of peridotite; an ultramafic cumulate rock
: Hornblendite - a mafic or ultramafic cumulate rock dominated by >90% hornblende
: Hyaloclastite - a volcanic rock composed primarily of glasses and glassy tuff
: Icelandite - a volcanic rock
: Ignimbrite - a fragmental volcanic rock
: Ijolite - a very rare silica-undersaturated plutonic rock
: Kimberlite - a rare ultramafic, ultrapotassic volcanic rock and a source of diamonds
: Komatiite - an ancient ultramafic volcanic rock
: Lamproite - an ultrapotassic volcanic rock
: Lamprophyre - an ultramafic, ultrapotassic intrusive rock dominated by mafic phenocrysts in a feldspar groundmass
: Latite - a silica undersaturated form of andesite
: Lherzolite - an ultramafic rock, essentially a peridotite
: Monzogranite - a silica undersaturated granite with <5% normative quartz
: Monzonite - a plutonic rock with <5% normative quartz
: Nepheline syenite - a silica undersaturated plutonic rock with nepheline replacing orthoclase
: Nephelinite - a silica undersaturated plutonic rock with >90% nepheline
: Norite - a hypersthene bearing gabbro
: Obsidian - a type of volcanic glass
: Pegmatite - an igneous rock (or metamorphic rock) with giant sized crystals
: Peridotite - a plutonic or cumulate ultramafic rock composed of olivine and pyroxene
: Phonolite - a silica undersaturated volcanic rock; essentially similar to nepheline syenite
: Picrite - an olivine-bearing basalt
: Porphyry - a rock, usually granitic, with a porphyritic texture
: Pumice - a fine grained, extremely vesicular volcanic rock
: Pyroxenite - a coarse grained plutonic rock composed of >90% pyroxene
: Quartz diorite - a diorite with >5% modal quartz
: Quartz monzonite - an intermediate plutonic rock, essentially a monzonite with 5-10% modal quartz
: Rhyodacite - a felsic volcanic rock which is intermediate between a rhyolite and a dacite
: Rhyolite - a felsic volcanic rock
: Comendite - a peralkaline rhyolite
: Pantellerite - an alkaline rhyolite-rhyodacite with amphibole phenocrysts
: Scoria - an extremely vesicular mafic volcanic rock
: Sovite - a coarse grained carbonatite rock
: Syenite - a plutonic rock dominated by orthoclase feldspar; a type of granitoid
: Tachylyte - essentially a basaltic glass
: Tephrite - a silica undersaturated volcanic rock
: Tonalite - a plagioclase-dominant granitoid
: Trachyandesite - an alkaline intermediate volcanic rock
: Benmoreite - sodic trachyandesite
: Basaltic trachyandesite
: Mugearite - sodic basaltic trachyandesite
: Shoshonite - potassic basaltic trachyandesite
: Trachyte - a silica undersaturated volcanic rock; essentially a feldspathoid-bearing rhyolite
: Troctolite - a plutonic ultramafic rock containing olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase
: Trondhjemite - a form of tonalite where plagioclase-group feldspar is oligoclase
: Tuff - a fine grained volcanic rock formed from volcanic ash
: Websterite - a type of pyroxenite, composed of clinoproxene and orthopyroxene
: Wehrlite - an ultramafic plutonic or cumulate rock, a type of peridotite, composed of olivine and clinopyroxene

== Sedimentary ==

: Argillite - a sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay-sized particles
: Arkose - a sedimentary rock similar to sandstone
: Banded iron formation - a fine grained chemical sedimentary rock composed of iron oxide minerals
: Breccia - a sedimentary or tectonic rock composed of fragments of other, broken rocks
: Chalk - a sedimentary rock composed primarily of coccolith fossils
: Chert - a fine grained chemical sedimentary rock composed of silica
: Claystone - a sedimentary rock formed from clay
: Coal - a sedimentary rock formed from organic matter
: Conglomerate - a sedimentary rock composed of large rounded fragments of other rocksDiamictite - a poorly sorted conglomerate
: Coquina - a sedimentary carbonate rock formed by accumulation of abundant shell fossils and fragments
: Diatomite - a sedimentary rock formed from diatom fossils
: Dolomite or dolostone - a carbonate rock composed of the mineral dolomite +/- calcite
: Evaporite - a chemical sedimentary rock formed by accumulation of minerals after evaporation
: Flint - a form of chert
: Greywacke - an immature sandstone with quartz, feldspar and rock fragments within a clay matrix
: Gritstone - essentially a coarse sandstone formed from small pebbles
: Itacolumite - porous, yellow sandstone
: Jaspillite - an iron-rich chemical sedimentary rock similar to chert or banded iron formation
: Laterite - a residual sedimentary rock formed from a parent rock under tropical conditions
: Lignite - a sedimentary rock composed of organic material; otherwise known as Brown Coal
: Limestone - a sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbonate minerals
: Marl - a limestone with a considerable proportion of silicate material
: Mudstone - a sedimentary rock composed of clay and muds
: Oil shale - a sedimentary rock composed dominantly of organic material
: Oolite - a chemical sedimentary limestone
: Rock Gypsum-
: Sandstone - a clastic sedimentary rock defined by its grain size
: Shale - a clastic sedimentary rock defined by its grain size
: Siltstone - a clastic sedimentary rock defined by its grain size
: Travertine - a sedimentary rock containing calcite and iron oxides
: Turbidite - a particular sequence of sedimentary rocks which form within the deep ocean environment
: Wackestone - a matrix-supported carbonate sedimentary rock.

== Metamorphic ==

: Anthracite - a type of coal
: Amphibolite - a metamorphic rock composed primarily of amphibole
: Blueschist - a metamorphic rock composed of sodic amphiboles with a distinct blue color
: Cataclasite - a rock formed by faulting
: Eclogite - an ultra-high grade metamorphosed basalt or gabbro; also a facies of metamorphic rocks
: Gneiss - a coarse grained metamorphic rock
: Gossan - the product of the weathering of a sulfide rock or ore body
: Granulite - a high grade metamorphic rock formed from basalt; also a facies of metamorphic rocks
: Greenschist - a mafic metamorphic rock dominated by green amphiboles
: Greenstone
: Hornfels - a metamorphic rock formed by heating by an igneous rock
: Marble - a metamorphosed limestone
: Migmatite - a high grade metamorphic rock verging upon melting into a magma
: Mylonite - a metamorphic rock formed by shearing
: Metapelite - a metamorphic rock with a protolith of clay-rich (siltstone) sedimentary rock
: Phyllite - a low grade metamorphic rock composed mostly of micaceous minerals
: Metapsammite - a metamorphic rock with a protolith of quartz-rich (sandstone) sedimentary rock
: Pseudotachylite - a glass formed by melting within a fault via friction
: Quartzite - a metamorphosed sandstone typically composed of >95% quartz
: Schist - a low to medium grade metamorphic rock
: Serpentinite - a metamorphosed ultramafic rock dominated by serpentine minerals
: Skarn - a metasomatic rock
: Slate - a low grade metamorphic rock formed from shale or silts
: Suevite - a rock formed by partial melting during a meteorite impact
: Talc carbonate - a metamorphosed ultramafic rock with talc as an essential constituent; similar to a serpentinite
: Soapstone - essentially a talc schist
: Whiteschist - a high pressure metamorphic rock containing talc + kyanite

== Specific varieties of rocks ==
The following are terms for rocks that are not petrographically or genetically distinct but are defined according to various other criteria; most are specific classes of other rocks, or altered versions of existing rocks. Some archaic and vernacular terms for rocks are also included.

: Adamellite - a variety of quartz monzonite
: Appinite - a group of varieties of lamprophyre, mostly rich in hornblende
: Aphanite - an aphanitic felsic volcanic rock which confounds identification via optical means
: Borolanite - a variety of nepheline syenite from Loch Borralan, Scotland
: Blue Granite - essentially larvikite, a monzonite
: Epidosite - a type of [https://geology.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_rock_types metasomatite]; essentially altered basalt
: Felsite - an aphanitic felsic volcanic rock which confounds identification via optical means
: Flint - typically a form of chert, jasper, or tuff
: Ganister - a Cornish term for a palaeosol formed on sandstone
: Ijolite - a silica-undersaturated plutonic rock associated with nepheline syenites
: Jadeitite - a very rare rock formed by concentration of jadeite pyroxene; a form of serpentinite
: Jasperoid - a hematite-silica metasomatite analogous to a skarn
: Kenyte - a variety of phonolite, first found on Mount Kenya
: Vogesite - a variety of lamprophyre
: Larvikite - a variety of monzonite with microperthitic ternary feldspars from Larvik, Norway
: Litchfieldite - a metamorphosed nepheline syenite occurrence near Litchfield, Maine
: Luxullianite - a tourmaline-bearing granite with a peculiar texture, occurring at Luxulyan, Cornwall, England
: Mangerite - a hypersthene-bearing monzonite
: Minette - a variety of lamprophyre
: Novaculite - a chert formation found in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas
: Pyrolite - a chemical analogue considered to theoretically represent the earth's upper mantle
: Rapakivi granite - a granite which exhibits the peculiar rapakivi texture
: Rhomb porphyry - a type of latite with euhedral rhombic phenocrysts of feldspar
: Shonkinite - melitilic and kalsititic rocks
: Taconite - banded iron formation, primarily used in the United States of America
: Teschenite - essentially a silica undersaturated, analcime bearing gabbro
: Theralite - essentially a nepheline gabbro
: Variolite - devitrified glass

== Here is a '''list of rock formations''' by continent. ==


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"Rock formation" redirects here. For the process, see Formation of rocks.
Rocks formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Raouché or Pigeons' Rock in Beirut, Lebanon
Druid Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
View of Meteora, Greece
Rock formations in Ongamira Valley, Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina
Belogradchik Rocks, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria
"Jaws", an erosional fin in Little Finland, Nevada, USA
"Hajdučka vrata" on Čvrsnica, Herzegovina
Paklenica, Croatia
Hoodoos in Devil's Town, Serbia
Three Sisters in Blue Mountains, Australia

A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term rock formation can also refer to specific sedimentary strata or other rock unit in stratigraphic and petrologic 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 either plutonic bodies or volcanic 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 the landscape that can be formed by natural processes:

List of rock type

A list of all unique rock types recognized by petrologists. Names of non-rock types and archaic rock types are given as appendices.

Contents

  • Igneous
  • Sedimentary
  • Metamorphic

Igneous

Andesite - an Intermediate volcanic rock
Anorthosite - an intrusive igneous felsic rock composed predominantly of plagioclase
Aplite - a very fine grained intrusive igneous rock
Basalt - a volcanic rock of mafic composition
Adakite - a class of basaltic rocks containing low yttrium and ytterbium
Hawaiite - a class of basalts formed from ocean island (hot spot) magmatism.
Basanite - a volcanic rock of mafic composition; essentially a silica undersaturated basalt
Boninite - a high-magnesian basalt dominated by pyroxene
Carbonatite - a rare igneous rock composed of >50% carbonate minerals
Charnockite - a type of granite containing pyroxene
Enderbite - a variety of charnockite
Dacite - a felsic to intermediate volcanic rock with high iron content
Diabase or dolerite - an intrusive mafic rock forming dykes or sills
Diorite - a coarse grained intermediate plutonic rock composed of plagioclase, pyroxene and/or amphibole
Dunite - a phaneritic ultramafic rock composed of more than 90% olivine, usually forsteritic
Essexite - a silica undersaturated mafic plutonic rock (essentially a foid-bearing gabbro)
Foidolite - a plutonic igneous rock composed of >90% feldspathoid minerals
Gabbro - a coarse grained plutonic rock composed of pyroxene and plagioclase basically equivalent to basalt
Granite - a coarse grained plutonic rock composed of orthoclase, plagioclase and quartz
Granodiorite - a granitic plutonic rock with plagioclase > orthoclase
Granophyre - a subvolcanic intrusive rock of granitic composition
Harzburgite - a variety of peridotite; an ultramafic cumulate rock
Hornblendite - a mafic or ultramafic cumulate rock dominated by >90% hornblende
Hyaloclastite - a volcanic rock composed primarily of glasses and glassy tuff
Icelandite - a volcanic rock
Ignimbrite - a fragmental volcanic rock
Ijolite - a very rare silica-undersaturated plutonic rock
Kimberlite - a rare ultramafic, ultrapotassic volcanic rock and a source of diamonds
Komatiite - an ancient ultramafic volcanic rock
Lamproite - an ultrapotassic volcanic rock
Lamprophyre - an ultramafic, ultrapotassic intrusive rock dominated by mafic phenocrysts in a feldspar groundmass
Latite - a silica undersaturated form of andesite
Lherzolite - an ultramafic rock, essentially a peridotite
Monzogranite - a silica undersaturated granite with <5% normative quartz
Monzonite - a plutonic rock with <5% normative quartz
Nepheline syenite - a silica undersaturated plutonic rock with nepheline replacing orthoclase
Nephelinite - a silica undersaturated plutonic rock with >90% nepheline
Norite - a hypersthene bearing gabbro
Obsidian - a type of volcanic glass
Pegmatite - an igneous rock (or metamorphic rock) with giant sized crystals
Peridotite - a plutonic or cumulate ultramafic rock composed of olivine and pyroxene
Phonolite - a silica undersaturated volcanic rock; essentially similar to nepheline syenite
Picrite - an olivine-bearing basalt
Porphyry - a rock, usually granitic, with a porphyritic texture
Pumice - a fine grained, extremely vesicular volcanic rock
Pyroxenite - a coarse grained plutonic rock composed of >90% pyroxene
Quartz diorite - a diorite with >5% modal quartz
Quartz monzonite - an intermediate plutonic rock, essentially a monzonite with 5-10% modal quartz
Rhyodacite - a felsic volcanic rock which is intermediate between a rhyolite and a dacite
Rhyolite - a felsic volcanic rock
Comendite - a peralkaline rhyolite
Pantellerite - an alkaline rhyolite-rhyodacite with amphibole phenocrysts
Scoria - an extremely vesicular mafic volcanic rock
Sovite - a coarse grained carbonatite rock
Syenite - a plutonic rock dominated by orthoclase feldspar; a type of granitoid
Tachylyte - essentially a basaltic glass
Tephrite - a silica undersaturated volcanic rock
Tonalite - a plagioclase-dominant granitoid
Trachyandesite - an alkaline intermediate volcanic rock
Benmoreite - sodic trachyandesite
Basaltic trachyandesite
Mugearite - sodic basaltic trachyandesite
Shoshonite - potassic basaltic trachyandesite
Trachyte - a silica undersaturated volcanic rock; essentially a feldspathoid-bearing rhyolite
Troctolite - a plutonic ultramafic rock containing olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase
Trondhjemite - a form of tonalite where plagioclase-group feldspar is oligoclase
Tuff - a fine grained volcanic rock formed from volcanic ash
Websterite - a type of pyroxenite, composed of clinoproxene and orthopyroxene
Wehrlite - an ultramafic plutonic or cumulate rock, a type of peridotite, composed of olivine and clinopyroxene

Sedimentary

Argillite - a sedimentary rock composed primarily of clay-sized particles
Arkose - a sedimentary rock similar to sandstone
Banded iron formation - a fine grained chemical sedimentary rock composed of iron oxide minerals
Breccia - a sedimentary or tectonic rock composed of fragments of other, broken rocks
Chalk - a sedimentary rock composed primarily of coccolith fossils
Chert - a fine grained chemical sedimentary rock composed of silica
Claystone - a sedimentary rock formed from clay
Coal - a sedimentary rock formed from organic matter
Conglomerate - a sedimentary rock composed of large rounded fragments of other rocksDiamictite - a poorly sorted conglomerate
Coquina - a sedimentary carbonate rock formed by accumulation of abundant shell fossils and fragments
Diatomite - a sedimentary rock formed from diatom fossils
Dolomite or dolostone - a carbonate rock composed of the mineral dolomite +/- calcite
Evaporite - a chemical sedimentary rock formed by accumulation of minerals after evaporation
Flint - a form of chert
Greywacke - an immature sandstone with quartz, feldspar and rock fragments within a clay matrix
Gritstone - essentially a coarse sandstone formed from small pebbles
Itacolumite - porous, yellow sandstone
Jaspillite - an iron-rich chemical sedimentary rock similar to chert or banded iron formation
Laterite - a residual sedimentary rock formed from a parent rock under tropical conditions
Lignite - a sedimentary rock composed of organic material; otherwise known as Brown Coal
Limestone - a sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbonate minerals
Marl - a limestone with a considerable proportion of silicate material
Mudstone - a sedimentary rock composed of clay and muds
Oil shale - a sedimentary rock composed dominantly of organic material
Oolite - a chemical sedimentary limestone
Rock Gypsum-
Sandstone - a clastic sedimentary rock defined by its grain size
Shale - a clastic sedimentary rock defined by its grain size
Siltstone - a clastic sedimentary rock defined by its grain size
Travertine - a sedimentary rock containing calcite and iron oxides
Turbidite - a particular sequence of sedimentary rocks which form within the deep ocean environment
Wackestone - a matrix-supported carbonate sedimentary rock.

Metamorphic

Anthracite - a type of coal
Amphibolite - a metamorphic rock composed primarily of amphibole
Blueschist - a metamorphic rock composed of sodic amphiboles with a distinct blue color
Cataclasite - a rock formed by faulting
Eclogite - an ultra-high grade metamorphosed basalt or gabbro; also a facies of metamorphic rocks
Gneiss - a coarse grained metamorphic rock
Gossan - the product of the weathering of a sulfide rock or ore body
Granulite - a high grade metamorphic rock formed from basalt; also a facies of metamorphic rocks
Greenschist - a mafic metamorphic rock dominated by green amphiboles
Greenstone
Hornfels - a metamorphic rock formed by heating by an igneous rock
Marble - a metamorphosed limestone
Migmatite - a high grade metamorphic rock verging upon melting into a magma
Mylonite - a metamorphic rock formed by shearing
Metapelite - a metamorphic rock with a protolith of clay-rich (siltstone) sedimentary rock
Phyllite - a low grade metamorphic rock composed mostly of micaceous minerals
Metapsammite - a metamorphic rock with a protolith of quartz-rich (sandstone) sedimentary rock
Pseudotachylite - a glass formed by melting within a fault via friction
Quartzite - a metamorphosed sandstone typically composed of >95% quartz
Schist - a low to medium grade metamorphic rock
Serpentinite - a metamorphosed ultramafic rock dominated by serpentine minerals
Skarn - a metasomatic rock
Slate - a low grade metamorphic rock formed from shale or silts
Suevite - a rock formed by partial melting during a meteorite impact
Talc carbonate - a metamorphosed ultramafic rock with talc as an essential constituent; similar to a serpentinite
Soapstone - essentially a talc schist
Whiteschist - a high pressure metamorphic rock containing talc + kyanite

Specific varieties of rocks

The following are terms for rocks that are not petrographically or genetically distinct but are defined according to various other criteria; most are specific classes of other rocks, or altered versions of existing rocks. Some archaic and vernacular terms for rocks are also included.

Adamellite - a variety of quartz monzonite
Appinite - a group of varieties of lamprophyre, mostly rich in hornblende
Aphanite - an aphanitic felsic volcanic rock which confounds identification via optical means
Borolanite - a variety of nepheline syenite from Loch Borralan, Scotland
Blue Granite - essentially larvikite, a monzonite
Epidosite - a type of metasomatite; essentially altered basalt
Felsite - an aphanitic felsic volcanic rock which confounds identification via optical means
Flint - typically a form of chert, jasper, or tuff
Ganister - a Cornish term for a palaeosol formed on sandstone
Ijolite - a silica-undersaturated plutonic rock associated with nepheline syenites
Jadeitite - a very rare rock formed by concentration of jadeite pyroxene; a form of serpentinite
Jasperoid - a hematite-silica metasomatite analogous to a skarn
Kenyte - a variety of phonolite, first found on Mount Kenya
Vogesite - a variety of lamprophyre
Larvikite - a variety of monzonite with microperthitic ternary feldspars from Larvik, Norway
Litchfieldite - a metamorphosed nepheline syenite occurrence near Litchfield, Maine
Luxullianite - a tourmaline-bearing granite with a peculiar texture, occurring at Luxulyan, Cornwall, England
Mangerite - a hypersthene-bearing monzonite
Minette - a variety of lamprophyre
Novaculite - a chert formation found in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas
Pyrolite - a chemical analogue considered to theoretically represent the earth's upper mantle
Rapakivi granite - a granite which exhibits the peculiar rapakivi texture
Rhomb porphyry - a type of latite with euhedral rhombic phenocrysts of feldspar
Shonkinite - melitilic and kalsititic rocks
Taconite - banded iron formation, primarily used in the United States of America
Teschenite - essentially a silica undersaturated, analcime bearing gabbro
Theralite - essentially a nepheline gabbro
Variolite - devitrified glass

Here is a list of rock formations by continent.

Asia

Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Wulingyuan
Candle Rock (Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan).
Paşabağı, Cappadocia/Turkey
Kapurpurawan Rock Formation in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Punta Matagar rock formation in Banton, Romblon, Philippines
A rock formation at Apo Island in Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines

Armenia

China

Jordan

India

Iran

  • Kuh-E-Namak
  • Elemite Rock, Fars
  • Mahneshan, Zanjan

Israel

Japan

Lebanon

Mongolia

Philippines

Thailand

Turkey

  • Paşabağı, Cappadocia
  • Goreme National Park
  • Narman Fairy Chimneys (aka the Land of the Red Fairies), Narman district of Eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum

Yemen

  • Wadi Dhar
  • Bani Al Harit, Sana'a

Other countries

Africa

Algeria

  • Tamanrasset
  • Tassili Mountains

Angola

  • Iona, Tombwa
  • Pedras Negras de Pungo Andongo

Burkina Faso

Domes de Fabedougou, Burkina Faso
  • Doumes de Fabedougou
  • Pic du Sindou

Cameroon

Kola Gorge, Cameroon
Kola Gorge rock structures, Cameroon
  • Kola Gorge

Egypt

  • Khaboba
  • Thebes
  • Esna shale
  • Nubian sandstone

Eritrea

  • Decemhare

Kenya

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

  • Makuzi Beach, Chintheche yui

Mali

  • Massif des Aguilles de Garmi

Mauritania

Morocco

  • Siroua Mountains
  • Tafraoute

Namibia

Vingerklip at Ugab Valley in Namibia (2014)
  • Waterberg Plateau
  • Bogenfels
  • Vingerklip, Damaraland

Niger

  • Geuzzam

Nigeria

Seychelles

  • Anse Source d'Argent, La Digue

South Africa

Sudan

  • Burget Tuyur, Selima

Tunisia

  • Chebika Rock
  • Tamazrat

Zimbabwe

  • Domboshava Rocks
  • Maleme Dam, Matobos
  • Motombo Rock Formations

North America

United States

Main article: Rock formations in the United States

List of Famous Rocks in United States

Canada

Caribbean

Mexico

Central America

  • Bosque del Cabo, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Los Ladrillos, Boquete, Panama[2]

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

  • Dali's Desert, Potosi
  • Valle de Las Rocas, Uyuni
  • Canon de Duene

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Falkland Islands

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Europe

Albania

Main article: List of rock formations in Albania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

A view of the Wonderful Bridges, Bulgaria
Main article: Rock formations in Bulgaria

Croatia

Paklenica, Croatia
Bijele stijene (White Rocks) and Samarske stijene (Samar Rocks), Velika Kapela, Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Meteora with Greek Orthodox monasteries

Gibraltar

The iconic Rock of Gibraltar

Bailiwick of Guernsey

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Pietra di Bismantova, Italy

Latvia

  • Vidzeme
  • Pusena Kalns, Bartava

North Macedonia

Malta

Isle of Man

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

The collapsed Bride's Cave (Salt Mountain) from Slănic, Romania

Russia

Serbia

Vratna Gates natural stone bridges in Serbia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Slovakia

Gotická brána, Sulov rocks, Slovakia

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Main article: Rock formations in the United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

Uluru, Australia
Mount Augustus, Australia

New Zealand

Castle Hill, New Zealand
Main article: list of rock formations in New Zealand

Other countries

Talava arches, Niue

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olumo Rock - A Nigerian Tourist Destination". www.olumorock.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Escalando el Gunko de Boquete" (in Spanish). El Chiricano. 2007-06-04.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Stânca Babacai (de aici incepe Clisura de sus)". wikimapia.org. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  4. ^ "Красноярские Столбы". www.stolby.ru. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ^ The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark, UNESCO World Heritage
  6. ^ "Vodopad Prskalo" (in Serbian). FreeBiking.org.
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