Monolith

A monolith is a monument or natural feature such as a mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock. Erosion usually exposes these, which are most often made of very hard and solid metamorphic rock such as granite.

Table of contents

1 Natural monoliths 2 Manmade monoliths 2.1 Obelisks 2.2 Others 3 See also

Natural monoliths

The two largest are:

1. Uluru (Ayers Rock), in the Outback of Australia
2. Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Others include:

• Odin Stone (Stenhouse, Orkney; destroyed in 1814)
• Frau Holle Stone, near Fulda, Germany
• King Arthur's Stone (Cornwall)
• Logan Stone (Trereen, Cornwall)
• Bottleneck Peak and Moon, Sids Mountain, Utah
• El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California
• Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon
• Mount Coolum, Queensland, Australia
• Stawamus Chief, Squamish, California

Many of these have legends attached.

Manmade monoliths

Obelisks

• Pharaoh Tuthmosis I (Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt)
• Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (now in Central Park, New York)
• Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (now on Victoria Embankment, London)
• Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (now in Square of Horses, Istanbul)
• Pharaoh Ramses II (Luxor Temple, Egypt)
• Pharaoh Ramses II (now in Place de la Concorde, Paris)
• Pharaoh Hatshepsut (Karnak Temple, Luxor)
• Pharaoh Sesostris I, (Heliopolis, Cairo)