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Test your geography and geology knowledge
- What is the name of the 137-metre sea stack on the island of Hoy off the north coast of Scotland?
- The United Kingdom claimed which 17.15-metre high granite rock in the North Atlantic in 1955?
- The massive Australian sandstone monolith once known as Ayers Rock is now also known by what other name?
- What is the name of the three stacks of chalk that rise off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight?
- The prominent Goscar Rock is situated on the north beach of which West Wales seaside resort?
- Castle Rock is a volcanic plug in the middle of which British city?
- Which area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns is located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland?
- Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in which range of Somerset hills?
- Pulpit Rock is a coastal feature in which raised mass of land that projects into water in Dorset?
- The world famous limestone stacks on Australia's Great Ocean Road are known as the '12' what?
- The Cheesewring is a granite tor in which English county?
- Old Harry Rocks are three formations on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, made of which rock?
- Which American valley's red sandstone pillars have been seen as a backdrop to many John Ford Westerns?
- The Mediterranean Steps can be climbed to the top of which rock?
Answers
- The Old Man of Hoy
- Rockall
- Uluru
- The Needles
- Tenby
- Edinburgh
- The Giant's Causeway
- Mendip Hills
- Portland Bill
- 12 Apostles
- Cornwall
- Chalk
- Monument Valley
- Rock of Gibraltar