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Places of Geologic SignificanceWhite Bluff - Demopolis

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Historic limestone bluff along the Tombigbee River in Demopolis, Alabama.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Alabama

date listed: 11/20/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceLaacher Lake: Mofette

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This Waymark leads you to the carbon dioxide (CO2) springs along the Laacher Lake bank.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tonayo

location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

date listed: 11/19/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceLaacher Lake: Cinder Cone

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This Waymark leads you to the small peninsula "Jägerspitze" the most eastern part of a Basalt cinder cone.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tonayo

location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

date listed: 11/19/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceLe Puits d'enfer - Chateau d'Olonne, France

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[FR] Le Puits d'Enfer est une faille rocheuse en bord de mer à Château d'Olonne. [ENG] The Puits d'Enfer (the Well of Hell) is a deep rift on the coast at Château d'Olonne.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Chris777

location: France

date listed: 11/18/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceLaacher Lake: Basalt lava flow

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This Waymark leads you to the basalt lava flow of the "Lorenzfelsen" near the Laacher Lake.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tonayo

location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

date listed: 11/18/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceYellowstone National Park, Wyoming

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Geysers, Hot Springs, and Mud-pots, Oh My!

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Big B Bob

location: Wyoming

date listed: 11/13/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceGreat Sand Dunes National Park - Mosca, Colorado

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One of the most unique National Parks in the US. Once you hike to the top of High Dune you will understand the meaning of "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back".

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Big B Bob

location: Colorado

date listed: 11/13/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceMonument Valley Navajo Tribal Park - Arizona/Utah

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One of the most majestic and most photographed points on earth.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Big B Bob

location: Arizona

date listed: 11/13/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceKiama Little Blowhole, Kiama, NSW, Australia

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There is a lookout and parking for this blowhole, a main attraction for the township of Kiama.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing

location: New South Wales, Australia

date listed: 11/2/2009

last visited: 11/3/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceForgotten Roses (Tenerife, Spain)

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Most objects of interest in the Parque Nacional del Teide are appreciated with information boards. These two stone roses unfortunately not.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tonayo

location: Islas Canarias, Spain

date listed: 11/2/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceBombo Headland Quarry Geological Site, Australia

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The basalt columns at this site are an internationally recognised geological phenomena.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing

location: New South Wales, Australia

date listed: 11/2/2009

last visited: 11/2/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceMoab Fault

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The Moab Fault, near Moab, Utah, USA is a well exposed and much studied geological fault.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member linkys

location: Utah

date listed: 11/1/2009

last visited: 7/21/2008

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Places of Geologic SignificanceCap de Creus

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This is a unique place to observe and study metamorphic and magmatic rocks (schists, migmatites and pegmatites) and their structures, especially shear zones and folds. They are exposed in an outstanding landscape.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ElenaDruguet

location: Spain

date listed: 10/14/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceGran Cratere La Fossa Fumaroles - Vulcano Island (Aeolian Islands)

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Do you want see a part of Hell? Visit the great fumarole field on the top of the Gran Cratere of the Fossa on Vulcano Island, one of famous Eolian Islands near to Sicily...

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team

location: Sicilia, Italy

date listed: 10/1/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceFalls over a Lava Flow. Tongariro National Park. New Zealand.

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The Taranaki Falls tumble over the edge of a large lava flow that erupted from the volcano of Mt Ruapehu 15,000 years ago.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Punga and Paua

location: North Island, New Zealand

date listed: 9/13/2009

last visited: 9/13/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceDesarrollo y evolución de cataratas (Iguazú)

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Este lugar único es el resultado de la conjunción de factores litológicos, tectónicos y erosivos. This unique place is the result of the combination of factors lithologic, tectonic and erosion.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member monticola

location: Argentina

date listed: 9/8/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceSideling Hill near Hancock MD

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When Interstate 68 was built in western Maryland, a cut through Sideling Hill exposed 810 feet of rock strata. Visitors can see and learn more about this geological formation at the rest stop near Hancock, Maryland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member akern.geo

location: Maryland

date listed: 8/31/2009

last visited: 10/3/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceThe Mighty Mountains of Kernersville!

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A highly accessible suburban geological "Mountain" adventure using local rocks to examine the tectonic history of the region.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PWRadio

location: North Carolina

date listed: 8/25/2009

last visited: 9/10/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceJack's Blowhole

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A sinkhole with tidal water rushing through it some 200 metres from the ocean.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dunbar Loop

location: South Island, New Zealand

date listed: 8/23/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceNiagara Whirlpool - north of Niagara Falls, Ontario

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The Niagara whirlpool was formed by erosion as the Niagara Falls works its way up the Niagara River towards Lake Erie.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lightnin Bug

location: Ontario, Canada

date listed: 8/22/2009

last visited: 10/12/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceFormación de evaporitas (Mar Muerto, Jordania)

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La formación de rocas sedimentarias químicas en acción en "Amman Tourist Beach". The deposit of sedimentary rock chemical in action in "Amman Tourist Beach".

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member monticola

location: Jordan

date listed: 7/28/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceWarren Dunes - Warren Dunes Michigan State Park

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Tower Hill at Warren Dunes State Park rises 240-260 feet above Lake Michigan

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme

location: Michigan

date listed: 7/26/2009

last visited: 9/1/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceDesierto de Wadi Rum (Jordania)

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En los alrededores de las coordenadas publicadas podemos apreciar numerosas formas típicas del modelado en clima árido. In the vicinity of the coordinates published we can see many ways typical of the arid climate modeling.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member monticola

location: Jordan

date listed: 7/18/2009

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceBasaltic Dike at Rodderberg Volcano (Bonn, Germany)

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A Basaltic Dike at Rodderberg Volcano near Bonn, Germany.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tonayo

location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

date listed: 7/18/2009

last visited: 10/11/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceCascadia Subduction Zone--Oregon Coast

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The Cascadia Subduction Zone is one of the largest active faults in North America.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing

location: Oregon

date listed: 7/13/2009

last visited: 7/14/2009

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