Hoodoo
A column or pillar of bizarre shape caused by differential erosion on rocks of different hardness.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Andrefana Dry Forests | "The 250 km long Bemaraha Plateau, composed of mid-Jurassic (approximately 200 mya) limestone of marine origin (Du Puy and Moat 1996), is heavily eroded into a karst landscape characterized by networks of deep crevasses, underground rivers and caves, separated by spectacular pinnacles of limestone, up to 100 m high, forming a “forest of sharp stones”" (IUCN outlook 2020) | |
| Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks | Banff | |
| China Danxia | "and the Danxia hoodoos and peaks are formed by the riverside" (mgt plan) | |
| Dinosaur Provincial Park | ||
| Dong Phayayen | Lalu Park in Ta Phraya NP | |
| Fraser Island | ||
| Grand Canyon | ||
| Greater Blue Mountains | "The Three Sisters" | |
| Göreme NP and Cappadocia | ||
| Ischigualasto / Talampaya | Talampaya | |
| Lena Pillars | ||
| Mount Sanqingshan | ||
| Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi | ||
| Wulingyuan | ||
| Yellowstone |
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