Haystack Rock

Haystack Rock

72 m tall basaltic rock stack in the sea, near the beach. At low tide, it can be reached by foot.

Spider Rock

Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly

Spectacular rock needle, rising 229 m tall from the floor of Canyon de Chelly.

Monument Valley

Monument Valley, Arizona

Monumental desert landscape with enormous, up to 300 m tall sandstone buttes. Numerous magnificent natural arches, rock stacks, and other formations.

Iao Needle

Iao Needle

This impressive, jungle covered cinder cone rises 686 m high.

Trona Pinnacles

Trona Pinnacles

Group of more than 500 tufa spires rising from the bed of dry Searles Lake. Spires are up to 43 m high.

Devils Postpile

Devils Postpile, California

Cliff of very well-formed columnar basalt. This cliff resembles a heap of vertically placed piles.

Mangi Tungi

Mangi Tungi

Very impressive cliffs with two peaks, with numerous historical and art values. Contain forts and numerous Jain temples.

The Twelve Apostles

Twelve Apostles, Australia

Group of closely located, some 50 meters high limestone stacks standing in the sea. Popular tourist attraction due to good location next to the scenic Great Ocean Road.

Bungle Bungle Range

Bungle Bungles, Western Australia

An incomparable landscape created by highly unusual rock formations. The landscape is marked by up to 250 meters tall sandstone pillars and beehive structures of contrasting light orange and dark colors. Deep gorges, labyrinths. An important site for the investigation of sandstone karst processes.