List of rock formations that resemble human beings

The Old Man of Hoy in 1817, when it had two legs

A list of rock formations worldwide that resemble human beings.

Brazil

• 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

Poland

• Giewont, a mountain whose shape resembles a lying human, associated with a legend of the sleeping knight ^[1]

United Kingdom

The Sleeping Warrior — the profile of Arran, here seen from Bute

• The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that from certain angles is said to resemble a standing man. ^[3]
• 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. ^[4]
• The Winking Man Rock formation (also known as the Winking Eye ^[5] ) 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. ^{[6] [5]} A public house near Ramshaw Rocks at Upper Hulme takes its name from the Winking Man rock. ^[7]
• The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the peaks of the island of Arran. ^[2]

United States

• Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia, New Hampshire. ^[8]
• The Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire. ^[8]
• Profile Rock, Massachusetts.
• Sleeping Giant, Steamboat Springs.
• Ute Mountain, Colorado.
• Lincoln Rock, Washington

See also

• Breast-shaped hill
• List of individual rocks
• List of rock formations

References

1. "Giewont". SummitPost.org.
2. Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, year=2000, p. 44, ISBN   9780007103539
3. Barrett, Kate (1963). "My Old Man". Radio Scotland. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
4. Mackenzie-Winters, Daniel (July 17, 1996). "Isle of Barra". The Internet Guide to Scotland. Archived from the original on October 8, 1999. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
5. Rodgers, Frank (1979). Curiosities of the Peak District. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing. p. 148. ISBN   0903485478.
6. "The Winking Man". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
7. "The Winking Man – Upper Hulme". Visit Peak District. Visit Peak District & Derbyshire 2023.
8. "Four years after Old Man's fall, another N.H. rocky profile gets attention". Associated Press. May 10, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2021– via USA Today .