Tag: Geologic Sites
Watermelon Valley, Egypt
Name: Watermelon Valley "Wadi El Battikh"
Locality: New Valley Governorate, Egypt
Chert nodules of the Drunka Formation (Lower Eocene) are mostly spherical, have diameters from 40...
Jewel Cave National Monument
Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the third longest cave in the world, with 181.89 miles (292.72 kilometers) of mapped passageways. It...
Champagne Pool
Champagne Pool is a prominent geothermal feature within the Waiotapu geothermal area in the North Island of New Zealand.
The terrestrial hot spring is located...
Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Postpile National Monument is located near Mammoth Mountain in eastern California. The national monument protects Devil's Postpile, an unusual rock formation of columnar...
Hvítserkur
Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland.
The rock has two holes at...
Stair Hole
Stair Hole is a small cove that is to the west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England.
The folded limestone strata known as the...
Angel Falls “World’s Highest Waterfall”
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a...
Angel Falls
Angel Falls is a waterfall in Venezuela. It is the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a...
Crystal Mountain, Egypt
The Crystal Mountain is situated between the Baharyia Oasis and the Farafra Oasis, in the White Desert's North. Despite its name, the Crystal Mountain...
Psychedelic Salt Mine, Russia
Hundreds of feet below a Russian city is an abandoned salt mine which might as well be the inside of a rave.
The walls are...
