Stone Faces Gazetteer
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Churchill's Head Outcrop on hill overlooking an old branch of the Stuart Highway about 78 km south of Renner Springs was enhanced with a metal pipe for a cigar, possibly by U.S. servicemen during WWII MNM#01-01309 |
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S 18° 57' 13.068", E 134° 7' 7.0674"Canada
Indian Head Rock Cliff profile on east flank of Steamboat Mountain visible looking north from westbound Alaskan Highway. A turnout at mile 358 west of Fort Nelson provides a viewpoint of the formation. MNM#01-01359 |
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The Head Outcrop along Hope-Princeton Highway MNM#01-01295 |
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The Face Rock Face on cliff above the Grand River MNM#01-01174 |
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The Old Friar MNM#01-01338 |
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Old Man of "The Ovens" MNM#01-01205 |
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Indian Head Rock / Tête d'Indien Also known as "the Indian who never sees the sea." - photo |
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Ecuador
Cara del Inca MNM#01-01186 |
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England
Queen Bess Rock MNM#01-01208 |
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Profile Rock MNM#01-01206 |
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Dr. Johnson MNM#01-01021 |
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Man's Head Rock MNM#01-01189 |
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Sphinx Rock |
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Bowerman's Nose A 21-foot granite tor, or stack of weathered rock on the slope of a grassy hill. MNM#01-01316 |
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Man's Head Rock Profile on cliff above the Rivelin Hotel, now hidden behind undergrowth and trees. Was once visible from east and west far down the Rivelin valley. MNM#01-01271 |
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France
La Tête de Femme Sandstone pillar with a hat alongside route D902/D2202 at south entrance to Var river gorge. MNM#01-01347 |
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Tête de Femme Rock outcrop on beach near Cannes MNM#01-01289 |
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Silhouette de la Reine Victoria Rugged profile of a woman with her nose in the air looms over tiny Queen Victoria beach. MNM#01-01353 |
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La Tête de Mort One of many unusual rock formations on the Brittany's "Pink Granite Coast." Skull-like rock formation in unknown location among many similar rounded rock outcrops near Ploumanach. MNM#01-01328 |
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Père Trébeurden One of many unusual rock formations on the Brittany's "Pink Granite Coast." MNM#01-01111 |
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La Tête de Mort One of many unusual rock formations on the Brittany's "Pink Granite Coast." Skull Rock at end of beach includes a small stone house built into a gap between two rock outcrops. The villa Beg-ar-Vir is visible behind the rock formation. MNM#01-01330 |
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Le Rocher de la Tête One of many unusual rock formations on the Brittany's "Pink Granite Coast" MNM#01-01273 |
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Le Rocher du Sphinx One of many unusual rock formations on the Brittany's "Pink Granite Coast." Unclear if this is the same rock which is nowadays known as Sphinx Rock. MNM#01-01329 |
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Le Rocher à la tête de sphinx MNM#01-01348 |
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Tête de Capucin Profile of a hooded monk with hands clasped in prayer MNM#01-01215 |
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Tête de Louis XVI MNM#01-01224 |
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Tête de Femme MNM#01-01327 Possibly this formation of a woman's head is one of a group of face-like outcrops along the shore known by a Celtic term as "Les Cinq Pineaux" or "The Five Heads". |
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Germany
Richard-Wagner-Kopf Rock outcrop with upturned chin and composer Wagner's characteristic velvet beret. Visible to southwest from summit of Großer Arber, the highest peak in the Bavarian Forest. MNM#01-01363 |
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Der Alte vom Berge Granite tor with a floppy hat located just past railing at Kästeklippen overlook, nicknamed "The Old Man of the Mountain" MNM#01-01350 |
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Der große Kurfürst Rugged profile resembling the "Great Elector" (Frederick Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, who rebuilt Prussia after the Thirty Years War) with his beakish nose and powdered wig. MNM#01-01351 |
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Japan
Stone That Looks A Man's Face One of many granite boulders worn into strange and evocative shapes in the picturesque Shosenkyo gorge MNM#01-01217 |
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New Zealand
Old Man of the Mountain Rugged face overlooking Tasman Glacier above Ball Hut shelter. The face is not on the boulder outcrop, but on the mountain slope below it MNM#01-01277 |
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Maori Chief Rock Limestone sea stack off Pororari beach with a crown of greenery. Located a little more than a mile north of the similar sea stack Nelson's Head. MNM#01-01219 |
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Nelson's Head Sea stack resembling Admiral Nelson at the end of the end of Dolomite Point amidst other limestone formations eroded by the sea into unusual shapes including layered "pancake" rocks and passages which fill with surging water at high tide. A mile or so south of the similar sea stack Maori Chief Rock. MNM#01-01337 |
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Northern Ireland
Giant's Head Rock MNM#01-01211 |
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Portugal
Cabeça da Velha One of five stone faces on Serra da Estrela mountain MNM#01-01266 |
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Romania
Great Bucegi Sphinx Famous sculpted formation on a mountaintop in Bucegi Natural Park |
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Banatean Sphinx / Sfinxul Banatean Visible while heading north on E70 road across the valley approximately 5km north of Toplet MNM#01-01220 |
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Scotland
Grey Man of the Merrick
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Sweden
Hoburgsgubben A sign near this limestone sea stack indicates the best position to see the old man's face MNM#01-01212 |
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Switzerland
Sphinx Rock or Tête de Calvin A rocky bust of John Calvin projecting from the cliff above Lac des Brenets on the French-Swiss border MNM#01-01274 |
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Taiwan
Queen Head The most famous of many unusual hoodoos at Yehliu Geopark MNM#01-01065 |
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