List of rock formations that resemble human beings
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A list of rock formations worldwide that resemble human beings.
- Pedra da Gávea is a mountain in Rio de Janeiro whose resemblance to a human head sparked several pseudoarchaeological theories over the years (see Archaeological interest of Pedra da Gávea).
Canada
- Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Roche Bonhomme, Jasper National Park, Alberta
Israel
- "Lot's Wife", a pillar of salt near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom[1]
Jordan
- Lot's Wife, another pillar of salt with this name, also near the Dead Sea, not far from the ruins of the Byzantine Monastery of St Lot[2]
Poland
United Kingdom
- The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that from certain angles is said to resemble a standing man.[5]
- Queen Victoria's Rock on the Isle of Barra is a rock formation near Northbay on the north side of the A888, looking toward the west, which resembles the profile of the elderly Queen Victoria.[6]
- The Winking Man Rock formation (also known as the Winking Eye[7]) is part of the Ramshaw Rocks section of The Roaches. It looks like a face sticking out of the hillside, and as you travel past in a car towards Buxton the 'eye' appears to wink, as a pinnacle of rock passes behind the face as a consequence of parallax.[8][7] A public house near Ramshaw Rocks at Upper Hulme takes its name from the Winking Man rock.[9]
- The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the peaks of the island of Arran.[4]