List of rock formations that resemble human beings

A list of rock formations worldwide that resemble human beings.

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

Australia

• Mount Tibrogargan, a mountain in the Glasshouse Mountains in Queensland that formerly resembled a man or an ape when viewed from a certain direction

Brazil

• Pedra da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro

Bulgaria

• Belogradchik Rocks, in the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) near the town of Belogradchik, Northwest Bulgaria
• Kardzhali pyramids, in the Rhodopes Mountains (Rodopi) near the city of Kardzhali, Southeast Bulgaria

Canada

• The Badlands Guardian, a valley in Alberta that resembles a human profile when viewed from the air
• Giants Tomb Island, part of Awenda Provincial Park near Penetanguishene, Ontario. The island resembles the outline of a sleeping person. Similar to the Sleeping Giant (see below).
• Shawinigan, Québec, has a rock that resembles an old lady, giving the name to the former city of Grand-Mère, now a part of the city of Shawinigan since 2002. It resembles an old woman with a bun at the base of her head ("grand-mère" is French for grandmother). The rock formation was pulled from the bottom of the Saint-Maurice River in the 19th century before the construction of a dam and is now in a small park overlooking the river.
• Sleeping Giant, a section of the Sibley Peninsula near Thunder Bay, Ontario, which resembles a man lying on his back

Germany

Der große Kurfürst, Germany, Olsberg 2014

• Der große Kurfürst, Bruchhauser Steine, Olsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. A formation which is said to resemble Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg with his typical nose.

Guinea

• La Dame de Mali is a feature of Mount Loura, near the town of Mali, in northern Guinea near the border with Senegal, that resembles the profile of a woman.

Hong Kong

• Amah Rock

Ireland

• Inishtooskert, County Kerry, locally known as An Fear Marbh (the dead man), is an island which resembles a man lying on his back.

Israel

• Lot's Wife

Malaysia

• Mount Kinabalu, which has a rock that looks like a human head

Mexico

• Iztaccihuatl, a mountain whose shape resembles the silhouette of a reclining (sleeping) woman

Philippines

• Mount Makiling. Legends surround the mountain, many of which relate to Maria Makiling, said to be the 'guardian fairy' of the mountain. The contour of the mountain is said to be that of her in a reclining position

Poland

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

Romania

• The Sphinx in Bucegi Natural Park

Slovenia

• The Heathen Maiden near Kranjska Gora, in the Julian Alps.[1] The legend of its origin - a pagan deity ("Maiden") was turned into stone - is associated with another local legend, that of the Goldhorn.

Spain

Peña de los Enamorados Antequera, Spain 2012

• La Mujer Muerta ("The Dead Woman"), near Segovia, Castile and Leon, in the Sierra de Guadarrama
• Turó de la Dona Morta ("Dead Woman hill"), a mountain near Maçanet de la Selva, Catalonia
• Peña de los Enamorados ("The Lovers' Rock"), a mountain near the city of Antequera, Málaga
• Montgrí Massif, a mountain near Torroella de Montgrí, Catalonia

Sweden

• The Hoburg man in Hoburgen, Sweden, resembling an old man.

Taiwan

• The Queen's Head in Yehliu, Taiwan, resembling the Nefertiti Bust

Turkey

• The "Weeping Rock" on Mount Sipylus near Manisa has been associated with Niobe, a figure in Greek mythology, since ancient times.
• The Atatürk Rocks (Atatürk Kayaları) near Ayvalık are said to resemble Atatürk's face in profile.

United Kingdom

The Sleeping Warrior — the profile of Arran,[2] here seen from Bute

• Cavehill in Belfast is said to look like French Emperor Napoleon.
• The German Soldier at the Slochd Summit
• The Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland when viewed from a northerly direction resemble a man lying down, with Slieve Binnian forming the man's facial features. Local legend says that the mountains formed when the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (anglicised as Finn McCool) lay down to sleep.
• The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that resembles a standing man.
• The Old Man of Stoer in Sutherland
• 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.[3]
• The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the peaks of the island of Arran[2]
• Cribarth (Sleeping Giant) can be seen in Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales and is said to resemble a person laying flat against the hillside.
• The Winking Man upon The Roaches in Staffordshire resembles the side profile of a man. A hole in the rock appears as an 'eye'. As a passerby drives along the A53 road in either direction, the formation appears to wink due to parallax.

United States

• The Grand Tetons mountain range; early French voyageurs used the name "les Trois Tétons" (the three breasts)
• Grandfather Mountain, a mountain in North Carolina that resembles a reclining man
• Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire[4]
• JFK Profile Rock, a black lava rock on the island of Maui in Hawaii that resembles John F. Kennedy
• Lincoln Rock in the state of Washington, geological feature that resembles the profile of Abraham Lincoln
• Maiden Rock, Idaho
• Mansface Hill, Wyoming
• Mother Ann, a rock formation in Massachusetts that resembles the silhouette of a reclining woman
• Mount Mansfield, a mountain in Vermont that resembles the silhouette of the face of a reclining man
• Mount Susitna, "the Sleeping Lady", is located on the west bank of the lower Susitna River northwest of Anchorage, Alaska
• Mount Timpanogos, in the Wasatch Range of Utah
• Mummy Mountain in Nevada
• Olancha Peak, a mountain ridge in California that resembles a reclining woman
• Old Man's Cave, located in Hocking Hills State Park Southern Ohio
• The Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation in New Hampshire that collapsed in 2003
• Profile Rock, a rock formation in Freetown, Massachusetts, within the Freetown State Forest, that resembles the profile of a Native American man
• Rooster Rock, a rock formation in western Oregon which resembles a phallus
• Sleeping Giant, several mountains in Connecticut that together resemble a reclining man
• Sleeping Giant, a mountain ridge on the island of Kauai in Hawaii that resembles a reclining man
• Sleeping Giant, a mountain and ridge in Montana that together resemble a reclining man
• Ute Mountain, a series of mountains in Colorado that resemble a reclining man

Venezuela

• Tetas de Maria Guevara, Breast-shaped hills located in central Isla Margarita

Extraterrestrial

• Cydonia Mensae, a rock formation on Mars said to look like a human face
• Libya Montes, a region of Mars that contains another rock formation that resembles a human face

See also

• Breast-shaped hill

References

1. Ajdovska deklica
2. Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland, HarperCollins, 2000, p. 44, ISBN 9780007103539
4. Four years after Old Man's fall, another N.H. rocky profile gets attention