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Places of Geologic SignificanceRock fall at Eiger

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This Waymark leads you to the rock fall at Eiger.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member tonayo

location: Espace Mittelland (BE/SO), Switzerland

date approved: 8/2/2010

last visited: 2/3/2002

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Places of Geologic SignificanceGrimes Graves. Thetford, Norfolk

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Grimes Graves is one of the most fascinating Neolithic sites in Britain. Despite its name, it is not a grave, or burial place, but a flint mine worked between about 2200 and 2500 BC.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12

location: Eastern England, United Kingdom

date approved: 7/30/2010

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceA Fascinating Bore, Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska

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Bird Point (part of the Alaska State Parks) provides interpretive displays for the Turnagain Arm Tidal Bore.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing

location: Alaska

date approved: 7/25/2010

last visited: 10/23/2011

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Places of Geologic SignificanceThe Hope Slide - Hope, BC Canada

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The largest land side in Western Canada.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 7/22/2010

last visited: 12/10/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceRuth Glacier and The Great Gorge, Alaska

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This waypoint is located at a viewpoint of the Ruth Glacier, managed by the State of Alaska, Dept of Natural Resources.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing

location: Alaska

date approved: 7/17/2010

last visited: 6/20/2011

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Places of Geologic SignificancePetrified Conifer Tree / Petrified Lycopod Tree Stump in Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama

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Marker is in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Colbert County. Marker is on S. Main Street and is located in Spring Park.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Theblackroseact

location: Alabama

date approved: 6/22/2010

last visited: 8/15/2010

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Places of Geologic SignificanceSingleton Swash

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So what is a swash you might ask? Well come visit this cool geologic feature here at the beach. swash according to wikki a swash is the following:in geography, is the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Theblackroseact

location: South Carolina

date approved: 6/22/2010

last visited: 7/12/2011

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Places of Geologic SignificanceGlacial activity at Acadia National Park - Maine

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Jordan Pond was formed by Glacial activity.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member GT.US

location: Maine

date approved: 6/13/2010

last visited: 8/30/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceHorseshoe Bend

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Breathtaking View

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Eukie

location: Arizona

date approved: 6/13/2010

last visited: 10/14/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceRock Formations at Turners Falls, Connecticut River - Montague, MA

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A geological walking tour around downtown Montague has stops at museum exhibits, rock faces, and fossilized mudballs as examples of the complex geological strata in this part of the Connecticut River Valley.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 6/10/2010

last visited: never

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Places of Geologic SignificanceGlacier Deposit

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Located in the Hickory Grove Highland Conservation Area,this spot has 2 boulders that were depsotied by a glacier.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member McHenry County Conservation District

location: Illinois

date approved: 6/1/2010

last visited: 10/31/2010

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Places of Geologic SignificanceStone Bridge, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve

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A continous band of sandstone has been undercut by the small stream of Lamond's Creek. Water then cascades down to a lower pool.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 3l diesel

location: New South Wales, Australia

date approved: 5/13/2010

last visited: 1/14/2007

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Places of Geologic SignificanceAltona Shore Platform, Victoria, Australia

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Altona Shore Platform, a site of local geologic significance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Empire

location: Victoria, Australia

date approved: 5/7/2010

last visited: 5/30/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceMakhtesh Ramon, Israel

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The world's largest erosion cirque (crater), located at the peak of Mount Negev in the south of Israel.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member daliazzz

location: Israel

date approved: 4/30/2010

last visited: 7/1/2010

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Places of Geologic SignificanceDas Steinerne Meer

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Die Feuersteine von Mukran spülte die Ostsee vor etwa 4.000 Jahren an. Die Geröllwälle haben eine Länge von 2,5 Kilometern . Zwischen Geröll und Ostsee erstrecken sich heute Dünen. Im Westen grenzt eine vermoorte Seesandebene an die Steinfelder.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Der Krtek

location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

date approved: 4/27/2010

last visited: 7/27/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceWater from a Stone

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Come see the watery pipeline of the Edwards Aquifer in dynamic action! This is a technical hike, with steep terrain, and several creek crossings. Be gentle to the land. Follow trails or stick to bare rock.DO NOT TRY THIS IN STORMY WEATHER!!!

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Tygress

location: Texas

date approved: 4/25/2010

last visited: 3/18/2011

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Places of Geologic SignificanceBituminous coal deposit - Thurber Texas

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The largest Bituminous coal mine in Texas, is located beneath Thurber, Texas.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Geojeepsters

location: Texas

date approved: 4/23/2010

last visited: 9/3/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceThe Big Blowhole at Blowhole Point, Kiama. NSW. Australia.

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The Big Blowhole is Kiama's major tourist attraction. It is situated on the rocks at Blowhole Headland near the Lighthouse, a short walk from the town centre.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Punga and Paua

location: New South Wales, Australia

date approved: 4/2/2010

last visited: 2/15/2009

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Places of Geologic SignificanceThe Great Channels - Hayters Gap, VA

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The Great Channels are named for the maze of large sandstone boulders and eroded crevices in the Channels Nature Area Preserve.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vhasler

location: Virginia

date approved: 3/22/2010

last visited: 11/11/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificanceNPP Klonk rozhrani silur-devon / silurian-devonian boundary

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Pomnik a hranice silur-devon / Monument and silurian-devonian boundary

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dáin & Olík

location: Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic

date approved: 3/16/2010

last visited: 10/1/2011

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Places of Geologic SignificanceObcasný pramen / The Occasional Well near Stratená (Slovakian Paradise National Park)

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The Occasional Well (Obcasný pramen), a periodic spring, is very interesting hydrologic phenomenon hidden in mountain forests of the beautiful landscape of the Slovakian Paradise National Park near village Stratená...

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team

location: Košický kraj, Slovakia

date approved: 3/7/2010

last visited: 8/14/2011

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Places of Geologic Significance"Fairy Chimneys" in Göreme (Cappadocia, Central Anatolia - Turkey)

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So called "Fairy Chimneys" (in geology: hoodoos) are together with another tuff erosion manifestation's one of "magnets" for tourists in mystic landscape of Göreme region in Cappadocia...

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team

location: Turkey

date approved: 3/7/2010

last visited: 12/9/2012

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Places of Geologic SignificancePanská Skála / The Manor's Rock (Kamenický Šenov - North Bohemia)

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The famous rock formation called Manor's Rock (Panská Skála) is the most beautiful and rare example of columnar cleat of basalt in our country and the oldest Geological Reserve on the Czech territory...

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team

location: Liberecky kraj, Czech Republic

date approved: 2/21/2010

last visited: 4/25/2013

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Places of Geologic SignificanceThe Ginkgo Petrified Forest - Washington

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The Ginkgo Petrified Forest contains thousands of petrified logs in lava flow and contains an unusually large number of tree species.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Volcanoguy

location: Washington

date approved: 2/10/2010

last visited: 7/15/2011

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Places of Geologic SignificanceAdvancing Shorelines – Torrey Pines

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The layered rocks in the cliffs along Torrey Pines State Reserve record the gradual advance of the sea across this area. To reach this location you will walk along a sandy beach.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member TerryDad2

location: California

date approved: 1/28/2010

last visited: 1/31/2012

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