view gallery |  Loch Ard Gorge
in Places of Geologic Significance The gorge is named after the clipper ship Loch Ard, which ran aground on nearby Muttonbird Island on 1 June 1878 posted by: Na'wal location: Victoria, Australia date approved: 4/21/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Lulworth Crumple - Lulworth, Dorset
in Places of Geologic Significance The Lulworth Crumple is a minor fold structure within the major monocline of Alpine (Tertiary) age in the Lulworth Cove area. It is particularly well seen in the east side of Stair Hole. posted by: SMacB location: Southern England, United Kingdom date approved: 4/14/2015 last visited: never |
 |  Shikotsu-Toya National Park
in Places of Geologic Significance Shikotsu-Toya National Park is a national park in the western part of Hokkaido, Japan. Named after it volcanic caldera lakes of Lake Shikotsu and Lake Toya. posted by: 2Hanweb location: Hokkaido, Japan date approved: 4/2/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Reynisdrangar - Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland
in Places of Geologic Significance Reynisdrangar - sea stacks and basalt columns at Vík posted by: g300td location: Iceland date approved: 3/28/2015 last visited: 4/4/2015 |
view gallery |  Tafoni - Pescadero, CA
in Places of Geologic Significance A sign about the Tafoni at Bean Hollow Beach in Pescadero, CA. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 2/10/2015 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Rothenberg - Lemberg/Germany
in Places of Geologic Significance Riesige Felswände am Gipfel des Rothenberges.
Huge cliffs at the top of the mountain "Rothenberg". posted by: KaPsTeam location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany date approved: 12/27/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Twelve Apostles - Great Ocean Road, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance The Twelve Apostles are one of the most famous landmarks along the Great Ocean Road, although currently only eight of them are left. posted by: netdust location: Victoria, Australia date approved: 12/22/2014 last visited: 3/16/2015 |
view gallery |  Flims Rockslide - Flims, GR, Switzerland
in Places of Geologic Significance The location of the biggest landslide incident in the Alps and the biggest worldwide whose effects are still visible. posted by: fi67 location: Switzerland date approved: 12/16/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Grand Canyon - Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance This Grand Canyon is smaller and quite different than the famous one in the U.S., but also interesting. posted by: netdust location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 12/14/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Folded Strata - Boscastle, Cornwall
in Places of Geologic Significance Layered strata contorted by earth movements at Boscastle posted by: SMacB location: South West England, United Kingdom date approved: 12/10/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Trephina Gorge - Northern Territory, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance The beautiful Trephina Gorge is ideal for hiking along the cliff tops or the sandy creek bed. posted by: netdust location: Northern Territory, Australia date approved: 12/10/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Kings Canyon - Northern Territory, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance Kings Canyon in Watarrka National Park is a spiritual place to the Luritja people. posted by: netdust location: Northern Territory, Australia date approved: 12/10/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Kata Tjuta (Mount Olga) - Northern Territory, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance Kata Tjuta had a similar formation process as Uluru 16 miles away, and is equally impressing. posted by: netdust location: Northern Territory, Australia date approved: 12/10/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Þingvellir Tectonic Plates - Þingvellir, Iceland
in Places of Geologic Significance The North American and European tectonic plates are spreading apart here in Iceland. One of only two places in the world where the effects of two plates drifting apart can be observed. posted by: Metro2 location: Iceland date approved: 12/2/2014 last visited: 4/4/2015 |
view gallery |  Basalt Columns and Am Buachaille - Staffa, Scotland, UK
in Places of Geologic Significance The Isle of Staffa has a multitude of mainly hexagonal basalt columns of vulcanic origin, an ensemble of which creates the small offshore island of Am Buachaille. posted by: netdust location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom date approved: 11/28/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Heath Canyon - Wrightwood, CA
in Places of Geologic Significance A nearby Landslide created a small canyon where green crystals, actinolite, can be found. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 11/26/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Devil's Punchbowl - Pearblossom, CA
in Places of Geologic Significance A County Park, that used to be the intersection of two plate boundaries. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 11/26/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Elizabeth Lake - Lake Hughes, CA
in Places of Geologic Significance A lake along the San Andreas Fault. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 11/26/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Altschlossfelsen - Eppenbrunn/Germany
in Places of Geologic Significance The Altschlossfelsen lie on the northeastern foothills of the 406 m high Brechenberg. posted by: KaPsTeam location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany date approved: 11/23/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Potomac River and Catoctin Mountain at Point of Rocks, MD
in Places of Geologic Significance At this location complex geological forces allowed the Potomac River to cut through the Catoctin Mountain, and the rock from this area was used to form the walls of the C&O Canal and the bed of the railroad tracks of the B&O Railroad. posted by: NorStar location: Maryland date approved: 11/12/2014 last visited: 7/6/2013 |
view gallery |  The Burren - County Clare, Ireland
in Places of Geologic Significance The Burren (Irish: Boireann, meaning "great rock") is a karst landscape in County Clare, Ireland. The area is well known for excellent examples of limestone pavement. posted by: Noe1 location: Munster, Ireland date approved: 11/5/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sete Cidades Crater Lakes
in Places of Geologic Significance Fantastic view of twin lakes, one blue in color, the other colored green. posted by: 2Hanweb location: Arquipélago dos Açores, Portugal date approved: 10/27/2014 last visited: 5/18/2013 |
view gallery |  San Andreas Fault Limestone Formation - Frazier Park, CA
in Places of Geologic Significance On top, there's limestone and on the bottom there is sandstone. What separates them both is the San Andreas Fault. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 10/25/2014 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Pravrídlo / Primeval Spring - Teplice (North Bohemia)
in Places of Geologic Significance The depicted pyramid covers original shaft of principal source of healing thermal water in Teplice spa - Pravrídlo (Primeval Spring) and its close proximity is also small free source of this water... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Ústecký kraj, Czechia date approved: 10/24/2014 last visited: 2/2/2014 |
view gallery |  Salt Marsh - Cape Cod National Seashore - Eastham, MA
in Places of Geologic Significance A kattle pond that is now filled with salt water. Located behind the Salt Pond Visitor Center. The Visitors Center is located at the corner of Nauset Road and Route 6 in Eastham, MA. posted by: Lat34North location: Massachusetts date approved: 10/21/2014 last visited: 9/3/2014 |
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