Monolith Explained

A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock. Some monoliths are volcanic plugs, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.

In architecture, the term has considerable overlap with megalith, which is normally used for prehistory, and may be used in the contexts of rock-cut architecture that remains attached to solid rock, as in monolithic church, or for exceptionally large stones such as obelisks, statues, monolithic columns or large architraves, that may have been moved a considerable distance after quarrying. It may also be used of large glacial erratics moved by natural forces.

The word derives, via the Latin Latin: monolithus, from the Ancient Greek word, from meaning "one" or "single" and meaning "stone".

Geological monoliths

Large, well-known monoliths include:

Africa

Antarctica

Asia

Australia

Europe

North America

United States

Canada

Mexico

South America

Outside Earth

Monumental monoliths

See also: list of ancient monoliths and list of largest monoliths in the world.

A structure which has been excavated as a unit from a surrounding matrix or outcropping of rock.[11]

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Siddeshwar. 3 June 2017. Journeys across Karnataka: Ekasila Gutta, Warangal fort. 28 November 2020. Journeys across Karnataka.
  3. Web site: Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve . The Canadian Encyclopedia . 12 January 2024 . 3 January 2015 . Oddly shaped rock pillars sculpted by wind and sea create the unique islandscape of the natural reserve.
  4. Web site: Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve . Government of Canada . 10 January 2024 . 19 November 2022. Several animal and plant species present on the islands of the Mingan Archipelago and the surrounding landscape are endangered or at risk.
  5. Web site: Michael Melford photograph . Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve . 6 July 2011 . National Geographic . 10 January 2024. Quebec, Canada . close to a thousand islands and islets sprinkled along 93 miles from east to west, 24,711 acres.
  6. Web site: Zach Baranowski, photograph . The Mingan Archipelago . Canadian Geographic . 10 January 2024 . St Lawrence golf . the shoreline at low tide reveals seemingly endless tide pools full of barnacles, green sea urchins, sea stars and other small invertebrates..
  7. Web site: López Domínguez . Leonor . Villa de Bernal and its Magic Mountain . México Desconocido #291 . May 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150313212946/http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/bernal-pueblos-magicos-de-mexico.html . 13 March 2015.
  8. Web site: Peña de Bernal - Bernal - Queretaro . https://web.archive.org/web/20061027040930/http://www.de-paseo.com/Bernal/Bernal.htm . dead . 27 October 2006 . 25 November 2008 . es .
  9. Book: Carrillo, Raul . Let's Go Mexico: On a Budget . Macmillan . 2007 . 978-0-312-37452-5 . Northrop . Laura Cava . 370 . Curtis . Dwight L. . Sherman . Natalie.
  10. Book: Escobar Ledesma, Agustín . Recetario del semidesierto de Querétaro: Acoyos, rejalgares y tantarrias . 1999 . Conaculta . 978-970-18-3910-2 . 75 .
  11. Web site: Glossary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100101092351/http://art-and-archaeology.com/india/glossary1.html#monolith . 1 January 2010.

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