List of rock formations that resemble human beings
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A list of rock formations worldwide that resemble human beings.
Brazil
[edit]- Pedra da Gávea is a mountain in Rio de Janeiro whose resemblance to a human head sparked several pseudoarchaeological theories over the years (see Archaeological interest of Pedra da Gávea).
Canada
[edit]- Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Poland
[edit]- Giewont, a mountain whose shape resembles a lying human, associated with a legend of the sleeping knight[1]
United Kingdom
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- The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that from certain angles is said to resemble a standing man.[3]
- Queen Victoria's Rock on the Isle of Barra is a rock formation near Northbay on the north side of the A888, looking toward the west, which resembles the profile of the elderly Queen Victoria.[4]
- The Winking Man Rock formation (also known as the Winking Eye[5]) is part of the Ramshaw Rocks section of The Roaches. It looks like a face sticking out of the hillside, and as you travel past in a car towards Buxton the 'eye' appears to wink, as a pinnacle of rock passes behind the face as a consequence of parallax.[6][5] A public house near Ramshaw Rocks at Upper Hulme takes its name from the Winking Man rock.[7]
- The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the peaks of the island of Arran.[2]
United States
[edit]- Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia, New Hampshire.[8]
- The Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire.[8]
- Profile Rock, Massachusetts.
- Sleeping Giant, Steamboat Springs.
- Ute Mountain, Colorado.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Giewont". SummitPost.org.
- ^ a b Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, year=2000, p. 44, ISBN 9780007103539
- ^ Barrett, Kate (1963). "My Old Man". Radio Scotland. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ Mackenzie-Winters, Daniel (July 17, 1996). "Isle of Barra". The Internet Guide to Scotland. Archived from the original on October 8, 1999. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ^ a b Rodgers, Frank (1979). Curiosities of the Peak District. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 0903485478.
- ^ "The Winking Man". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "The Winking Man – Upper Hulme". Visit Peak District. Visit Peak District & Derbyshire 2023.
- ^ a b "Four years after Old Man's fall, another N.H. rocky profile gets attention". Associated Press. May 10, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via USA Today.