Granite rock formations

Connected Sites: 12

Granite rock formations are spectacular forms of natural beauty, unaltered by man.

Connected Sites

  • Hampi
    Hampi
    India
    Inscribed: 1986
    4.04
    66
    4
  • Rio de Janeiro
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.62
    195
    6
    The peak of Corcovado is a big granite dome
  • Matobo Hills
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.20
    44
    2
  • Mount Kumgang
    Mount Kumgang
    Korea (DPR)
    Inscribed: 2025
    3.48
    8
    1
    "The landscape setting of steep granite peaks, rock formations, waterfalls and pools are integral to the long traditions of Buddhist pilgrimage, and the many famed literary and artistic representations of Mount Kumgang." - AB Evaluation
  • Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.73
    6
    2

    "this vast granite massif" (ICOMOS ev)
  • Yosemite National Park
    Yosemite National Park
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.28
    288
    12
  • Socotra Archipelago
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.79
    21
    3
    Abd al-Kuri: "the principal mountain range, which consists of granite capped by a layer of limestone" (nom file)
  • Mount Sanqingshan
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.31
    36
    3
    "Mount Sanqingshan’s remarkable granite rock formations combine with diverse forest, near and distant vistas, and striking meteorological effects to create a landscape of exceptional scenic quality." (OUV)
  • Kinabalu Park
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.25
    93
    6
    "Kinabalu is a granite intrusion formed 15 million years ago by the hardening of a mass of molten rock that rose beneath the sedimentary rocks of Borneo’s Crocker Range" (AB ev)
  • Huangshan
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.79
    84
    6
  • Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.10
    159
    11
    Cornwall
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Central Suriname Nature Reserve
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.69
    11
    2
    Granite domes, mentioned by IUCN as one of the 5 distinguishing factors of this nature reserve