A monolith is a geological feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock, or a single piece of rock placed as, or within, a monument. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are most often made of very hard and solid metamorphic or igneous rock. Look up monolith in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... This article is about the geological substance. ... For morphological image processing operations, see Erosion (morphology). ... Quartzite, a form of metamorphic rock, from the Museum of Geology at University of Tartu collection. ... Igneous rocks (etymology from Latin ignis, fire) are rocks formed by solidification of cooled magma (molten rock), with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks. ...

The word derives from the Latin word monolithus from the Greek word μονόλιϑος (monolithos), derived from μόνος ("one" or "single") and λίϑος ("stone"). For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA // – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ...

Mount Augustus is often claimed to be the largest monolith on Earth

Image File history File links Mount_Augustus_by_Jan_Van_Der_Hoeven. ... Image File history File links Mount_Augustus_by_Jan_Van_Der_Hoeven. ... Mount Augustus National Park in Western Australia, 852 km north of Perth, is a national park based around the largest monolith in the world called Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people. ...

Geological monoliths

The three largest on Earth are:

1. Mount Augustus, in Western Australia - 860m
2. La Peña de Bernal, in Mexico
3. Stone Mountain, in Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Others include: Mount Augustus National Park in Western Australia, 852 km north of Perth, is a national park based around the largest monolith in the world called Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... La Peña de Bernal is the second tallest natural monolith in the world, located in Bernal, a small city in the Mexican State of Querétaro. ... This article is about Stone Mountain in Georgia, USA. For other uses, see Stone Mountain (disambiguation). ... Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized...

North America

• Beacon Rock, Columbia River Gorge, Washington, United States
• Bottleneck Peak and Moon, Sids Mountain, Utah, United States
• Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, United States
• El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, United States
• Enchanted Rock, Llano County, Texas, United States
• Haystack Rock, Clatsop County, Oregon, United States
• Looking Glass Rock, Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States
• Peña de Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico
• Petroforms, Manitoba, Canada, Wisconsin, USA
• Stawamus Chief, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
• Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States

This article belongs in one or more categories. ... The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... Bottleneck Peak is a natural monolith located on the eastern side of Sids Mountain in the Utah wilderness. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Devils Tower is a monolith (more technically, an igneous intrusion) or volcanic neck located near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ... El Capitan is a 3,000-foot (1000m) vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. ... Yosemite redirects here. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Enchanted Rock is an enormous pink granite pluton just west of the Hill Country of central Texas in the United States. ... Llano County (pronounced ) is a county located in the state of Texas. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Haystack Rock with The Needles Haystack Rock is a 235-foot tall monolith (or sea stack) on the Oregon coast in the northwestern United States, the third-tallest such structure in the world. ... Location in the state of Oregon Formed 1844 Seat Astoria Area  - Total  - Water 2,809 km² (1,085 mi²) 667 km² (18 mi²) 23. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Looking Glass Rock is a pluton monolith in the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina. ... Transylvania County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ... Peña de Bernal Peña de Bernal (in English: Bernals Boulder) is the third tallest natural monolith in the world (after Gibraltar and Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro) and is located in San Sebastián Bernal, a small town in the Mexican state of Querétaro. ... Querétaro (formal name: Querétaro Arteaga) is a state in central Mexico. ... Petroforms are large shapes that were made out of large rocks. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Official languages English French (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 14 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 15, 1870 (5th) Area  Ranked 8th Total 647,797... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The Stawamus Chief is a colossal dome of granitic rock located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia. ... A squamish is a strong and often violent wind occurring in many of the fjord of British Columbia, akin to the Williwaw of the Alaska Panhandle. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... This article is about Stone Mountain in Georgia, USA. For other uses, see Stone Mountain (disambiguation). ... Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. ...

Europe

• Frau Holle Stone, near Fulda, Germany
• Humber Stone, Humberstone, near Leicester, England.
• King Arthur's Stone (Cornwall)
• Logan Stone (Trereen, Cornwall)
• Odin Stone (Stenhouse, Orkney; destroyed in 1814)
• Peñon de Ifach Calpe, Spain
• Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar

, Fulda (IPA: ) is a city in Hessen, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). ... For the former saltpeter refinery, see Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works. ... Stenhouse is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. ... Location Geography Area Ranked 16th  - Total 990 km²  - % Water  ? Admin HQ Kirkwall ISO 3166-2 GB-ORK ONS code 00RA Demographics Population Ranked 32nd  - Total (2006) 19,800  - Density 20 / km² Scottish Gaelic  - Total () {{{Scottish council Gaelic Speakers}}} Politics Orkney Islands Council http://www. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Calpe beaches and Ifach Rock. ... For the racehorse of the same name, see Rock of Gibraltar (horse). ...

Africa

• Ben Amera, Mauritania
• Brandberg Mountain, Namibia
• Aso Rock, Nigeria - 400m
• Zuma Rock, Nigeria

Ben Amera is a large monolith. ... The giant granite monolith located in Damaraland and called The Brandberg is Namibias highest mountain. ... Aso Rock Aso Rock is a large outcrop that is in the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. ... Zuma Rock Zuma Rock is a large monolith just north of Abuja along the main road from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria to Kaduna. ...

Asia

• Savandurga
• Gilbert Hill

Savandurga is a hill 60 Km west of Bangalore (Karnataka, India) off the Magadi road , in India. ... Gilbert Hill is a 200 foot (61 m) monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, in Mumbai, India. ...

Australia

• Bald Rock, near Tenterfield, New South Wales
• Mount Coolum, Queensland
• Mount Wudinna, near Wudinna, South Australia
• Kokerbin Rock, Western Australia
• Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia

Bald Rock National Park is a national park in northern New South Wales, Australia, just north of Tenterfield on the Queensland border. ... Tenterfield is a town in New South Wales, Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd... Location of Wudinna in South Australia (red) Wudinna (33°02′S 135°27′E, postcode 5652) is a town in South Australia. ... For the song, see South Australia (song). ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... For the band, see Ayers Rock (band). ... For similar terms, see Northern Territories (disambiguation) Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004...

South America

• Towers of Paine, Chile

Torres del Paine, Chile A view of the Torres del Paine National Park The three Towers of Paine (Spanish: Torres del Paine) in southern Chile are gigantic granite monoliths shaped by the forces of glacial ice. ...

Antarctica

• Scullin monolith
• leargh Rock

Many of these have legends attached. The Scullin monolith is a ridge of bare rock in Antarctica. ...

Monumental monoliths

Ellora Caves, temple in India

A structure which has been excavated as a unit from a surrounding matrix or outcropping of rock.^[1] Jain cave in Ellora Ellora is an ancient village 30 km (18. ...

• Top stone on the Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna
• Aztec calendar "Stone of the Sun"
• Stonehenge contains several
• Ellora Caves - UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Rune stones
• Stone circle
• Standing stones
• Stelae
• Obelisks - see this article for a list
• Ogham Stone, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
• Adam and Eve Stones, Avebury, Wiltshire, England
• Manzanar National Historic Landmark, USA
• Vijayanagara Empire#Architecture medieval South Indian carved examples

Entrance to the Mausoleo di Teodorico. ... Province of Ravenna Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... The sun stone also called the Aztec calendar on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. ... For other uses, see Stonehenge (disambiguation). ... Jain cave in Ellora Ellora is an ancient village 30 km (18. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... A rune stone in Lund Rune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are found to have been used most prominently during the Viking Age. ... Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. ... Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ... Ancient Egyptian funerary stela A stela (or stele) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerary or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased inscribed, carved in relief or painted onto the slab. ... The Luxor obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris Obelisk outside Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. ... Location map of the Dingle Peninsula The Dingle Peninsula (Irish: ), sometimes anglicized as Corkaguiney) is located in County Kerry and is the most westerly point of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Longstones or the Devils Quoits are two standing stones one of which is the remains of what was once a prehistoric cove of standing stones close to Beckhampton in the English county of Wiltshire. ... This article is about the Avebury prehistoric site. ... Not to be confused with Wilshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Manzanar sign Manzanar National Historic Landmark (better known as Manzanar War Relocation Center) was a Japanese American internment camp during World War II that operated near Independence, California. ... The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ...

See also

• Megalith
• Monolithic architecture
• Monadnock (or inselberg)

Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany Bronze age wedge tomb in the Burren area of Ireland For the record label, see Megalith Records. ... Pancha Rathas monolith rock-cut temple, late 7th century Monolithic architecture is a style of construction in which a building is carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material. ... A monadnock or inselberg is an isolated hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. ...

Notes

1. ^ Glossary. is a mountain that is made up of stone and clay.

External links

• • Regarding Uluru/Ayers Rock and earlier representations of it as the largest monolith -

• http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/landforms/uluru.htm
• http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1469595.htm
• http://www.wayoutback.com.au/uluru-geology.php