view gallery |  Rock fall at Eiger
in Places of Geologic Significance This Waymark leads you to the rock fall at Eiger. posted by: tonayo location: Espace Mittelland (BE/SO), Switzerland date approved: 8/2/2010 last visited: 2/3/2002 |
view gallery |  Grimes Graves. Thetford, Norfolk
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Norfolk12 location: Eastern England, United Kingdom date approved: 7/30/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  A Fascinating Bore, Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
in Places of Geologic Significance Bird Point (part of the Alaska State Parks) provides interpretive displays for the Turnagain Arm Tidal Bore. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Alaska date approved: 7/25/2010 last visited: 10/23/2011 |
view gallery |  The Hope Slide - Hope, BC Canada
in Places of Geologic Significance The largest land side in Western Canada. posted by: bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/22/2010 last visited: 12/10/2012 |
view gallery |  Ruth Glacier and The Great Gorge, Alaska
in Places of Geologic Significance This waypoint is located at a viewpoint of the Ruth Glacier, managed by the State of Alaska, Dept of Natural Resources. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Alaska date approved: 7/17/2010 last visited: 6/20/2011 |
view gallery |  Petrified Conifer Tree / Petrified Lycopod Tree Stump in Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama
in Places of Geologic Significance Marker is in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Colbert County. Marker is on S. Main Street and is located in Spring Park. posted by: Theblackroseact location: Alabama date approved: 6/22/2010 last visited: 8/15/2010 |
view gallery |  Singleton Swash
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Theblackroseact location: South Carolina date approved: 6/22/2010 last visited: 7/12/2011 |
view gallery |  Glacial activity at Acadia National Park - Maine
in Places of Geologic Significance Jordan Pond was formed by Glacial activity. posted by: GT.US location: Maine date approved: 6/13/2010 last visited: 8/30/2012 |
view gallery |  Horseshoe Bend
in Places of Geologic Significance Breathtaking View posted by: Eukie location: Arizona date approved: 6/13/2010 last visited: 10/14/2012 |
view gallery |  Rock Formations at Turners Falls, Connecticut River - Montague, MA
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 6/10/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Glacier Deposit
in Places of Geologic Significance Located in the Hickory Grove Highland Conservation Area,this spot has 2 boulders that were depsotied by a glacier. posted by: McHenry County Conservation District location: Illinois date approved: 6/1/2010 last visited: 10/31/2010 |
view gallery |  Stone Bridge, Barren Grounds Nature Reserve
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: 3l diesel location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 5/13/2010 last visited: 1/14/2007 |
view gallery |  Altona Shore Platform, Victoria, Australia
in Places of Geologic Significance Altona Shore Platform, a site of local geologic significance. posted by: The Empire location: Victoria, Australia date approved: 5/7/2010 last visited: 5/30/2012 |
view gallery |  Makhtesh Ramon, Israel
in Places of Geologic Significance The world's largest erosion cirque (crater), located at the peak of Mount Negev in the south of Israel. posted by: daliazzz location: Israel date approved: 4/30/2010 last visited: 7/1/2010 |
view gallery |  Das Steinerne Meer
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Der Krtek location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany date approved: 4/27/2010 last visited: 7/27/2012 |
view gallery |  Water from a Stone
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Tygress location: Texas date approved: 4/25/2010 last visited: 3/18/2011 |
view gallery |  Bituminous coal deposit - Thurber Texas
in Places of Geologic Significance The largest Bituminous coal mine in Texas, is located beneath Thurber, Texas. posted by: Geojeepsters location: Texas date approved: 4/23/2010 last visited: 9/3/2012 |
view gallery |  The Big Blowhole at Blowhole Point, Kiama. NSW. Australia.
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Punga and Paua location: New South Wales, Australia date approved: 4/2/2010 last visited: 2/15/2009 |
view gallery |  The Great Channels - Hayters Gap, VA
in Places of Geologic Significance The Great Channels are named for the maze of large sandstone boulders and eroded crevices in the Channels Nature Area Preserve. posted by: vhasler location: Virginia date approved: 3/22/2010 last visited: 11/11/2012 |
view gallery |  NPP Klonk rozhrani silur-devon / silurian-devonian boundary
in Places of Geologic Significance Pomnik a hranice silur-devon /
Monument and silurian-devonian boundary posted by: Dáin & Olík location: Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic date approved: 3/16/2010 last visited: 10/1/2011 |
view gallery |  Obcasný pramen / The Occasional Well near Stratená (Slovakian Paradise National Park)
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Dorcadion Team location: Košický kraj, Slovakia date approved: 3/7/2010 last visited: 8/14/2011 |
view gallery |  "Fairy Chimneys" in Göreme (Cappadocia, Central Anatolia - Turkey)
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Dorcadion Team location: Turkey date approved: 3/7/2010 last visited: 12/9/2012 |
view gallery |  Panská Skála / The Manor's Rock (Kamenický Šenov - North Bohemia)
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: Dorcadion Team location: Liberecky kraj, Czech Republic date approved: 2/21/2010 last visited: 4/25/2013 |
view gallery |  The Ginkgo Petrified Forest - Washington
in Places of Geologic Significance The Ginkgo Petrified Forest contains thousands of petrified logs in lava flow and contains an unusually large number of tree species. posted by: Volcanoguy location: Washington date approved: 2/10/2010 last visited: 7/15/2011 |
view gallery |  Advancing Shorelines – Torrey Pines
in Places of Geologic Significance 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: TerryDad2 location: California date approved: 1/28/2010 last visited: 1/31/2012 |
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