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The Glass House Mountains are a chain of steep-sided volcanic plugs, extending from Mount Coochin ( the one that look like a pencil tip ) in the north to Mount Beerburrum (near the town of that name) in the south.
The chain reaches westwards to Mt Beerwah, and is approximately 65 km north of central Brisbane.
The naming of the Glass House Mountains came about from Lieutenant James Cook's exploration of eastern Australia in 1770.
Cook thought that the formations resembled the glass furnace kilns in his native Yorkshire.
This view of the Glass Mountains is taken from the fire tower lookout on Mt Beerburrum.
Quite a challenging hike to the top of Mt Beerburrum.
Mount Beerburrum is one of the steepest climbs you can do when it comes to the Glass House Mountains.
You'll need to be fit for this one - it's a 1.4km return trip which may not sound like much but take into account that the mountain is also 280 metres high.
The weather was not ideal but the rain clouds add another layer of mystery.
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Peaceful Travel Tuesday
To complete our visit to Stanley we return to where we began with those dawn shots of The Nut. Here it is in the late afternoon. Everything is so green because of all the recent rain. It's hard to imagine what this scene might have looked like millions of years ago when the volcano was still active.
... to reach Popa Taungkalat monastery on Mount Popa,
the home to 37 Mahagiri Nats or spirits
in Myingyan, Mandalay-Division, Myanmar
for a peaceful Travel Tuesday!
Yes, I went up together with our guide ... but I was still 10 years younger ;-))
Morro Rock is a 576 foot (176 m) high volcanic plug which stands at the entrance to the harbor of Morro Bay, a waterfront city in San Luis Obispo County.
The area around the base of Morro Rock is open to visitors. The rock itself is a peregrine falcon reserve. The contrast of this outcrop with the beach makes it interesting.
It was taken mid day and I wished I could take it during sunset.
A view across the River Clyde to the guardian of the river, the majestic "Dumbarton Rock" with the snow clad peaks of the "Lomond Mountains" in the background.
Some 777 steps leads one to the Taung Kalat Buddhist monastery and temple complex located on a volcanic plug on Mount Popa in Myanmar (Wikipedia)
This view from the Rocky Cape Lighthouse gives us a clear line of sight to The Nut at Stanley. In the future I'll have some photographs of this historic little town. The Nut is an extinct volcano that rises above the town.
Mount Beerwah, the highest peak in the Glasshouse Mountains of Southeast Queensland as scene from Maleny Botanic Gardens.
A view of the desert and geological structures in the Rio Puerco Valley of northwestern New Mexico. The one on the right is a volcanic plug weathered away over millions of years.
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We were coming back from Lukachukai, Arizona on the spectacular Rt. BIA 13 which leads over Buffalo Pass across the state line into New Mexico when this view presented itself.
Shiprock is the largest remnant in the "volcanic crescent" that starts in New Mexico and extends all the way into Utah and back down into Arizona on the Colorado Plateau. Volcanic plugs are the cores of ancient volcanoes whose outer mantles have eroded away over the eons.
That is why I love the Southwest, you can look back into deep time almost everywhere you go.
This was taken right before the monsoon set in and the air was still filled with haze from all the fires burning in the state.
I can't wait to do this drive again in different conditions. (And maybe when gas prices have come down to a more manageable level.)
For centuries Hellnar was the largest of the fishing villages on the south side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. A church was first built in village in 1833 The church in the photo was constructed in 1945 on the site of the earlier church.
The peak, located inside the boundaries of Snæfellsjökull National Park, is called Stapafell (High Lava or Lava Butte). The pyramid shaped volcanic butte stands 526 meters ( 1726 feet) high and is made up of lava that cooled quickly as it flowed in to the sea. The basaltic "volcanic glass" was quickly altered and devitrified forming a altered volcanic rock called palagonite. The top of the pyramid is capped by a volcanic plug. That rock was called Fellskross by the Vikings who arrived on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula before 1000 AD. Stapafell and Fellskross were sacred places to the early Vikings. Stapafell was believed to be the home of "hidden people” or elves, who protected the Peninsula. Fellskross was the symbol of their power. The area around Snæfellsjökull is rich in lore and stories about elves, trolls, fairies and other 'hidden folk'.
Taken at the Bass rock last summer. The world’s largest colony of Gannets live here. If you don’t know about the rock here’s a link… Bass Rock g.co/kgs/tG2wBm 😊
Looking from Howcraigs Hill over Neilstonside and towards Neilston Pad Taken from the back road to Uplawmoor, on the edge of Howcraigs Hill.
The picturesque town of Stanley (population 553), sits below the amazing prominence known as "The Nut". This is in fact the plug of an extinct volcano that rises 143 metres above sea level. Stanley is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tasmania (when tourism is operating!). In the distance at the far right you can make out the huge jetty of Port Latta and the smelter, with the hills of Rocky Cape. In 2016 Stanley was converted to a film set for the historic movie, "Light Between Oceans".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley,_Tasmania
We'll return to Stanley in a week or so.
Cabezon Peak is an ancient volcanic plug, the last known eruption from which was over 1.5 million years ago. The peak is visible from as far away as the foothills of the Sandia Mountains just east of Albuquerque, NM, and is among the most recognizable landmarks in northwest New Mexico.
This is a reprocessed photo from the archives. I like this version much better. I hope you do, too.
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Mists slide down the Trotternish landslip towards the Old Man of Storr. The pinnacle of the Old Man is a volcanic plug of basalt rock, the result of ancient volcanic activity. It lies along the long Trotternish escarpment where a series of long ago landslides exposed the tall rocky east-facing cliffs. Isle of Skye, Scotland.
15/01/2023 www.allenfotowild.com
At first glance the Bass Rock, an island just off North Berwick in East Lothian, resembles a white iceberg floating in the Firth of Forth. In fact this intriguing white lump of carboniferous rock is smothered in a vast quantity of bird droppings. Described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of the 12 wildlife wonders of the world’, Bass Rock is a sanctuary for gannets, hosting over 150,000 of them during peak breeding season. It is the largest ‘single rock’ colony of northern gannets on the planet.
Bass Rock is over a mile offshore and is a steep-sided volcanic plug, 351 feet above sea level at its highest point. The rock, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is currently uninhabited but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle. After the mid-1600s this was used as a prison. The lighthouse was constructed in 1902, and the remains of an ancient chapel also survive.
Looking across Harelaw Dam towards Neilston Pad with Glasgow and snow-topped Campsies in the distance.
The Craigie is a volcanic plug near Neilston with Glanderston Dam at its foot. The summit was once home to Duncarnock, an iron-age hill fort.
This is a view from the Rocky Cape National Park. In the foreground are some beach shacks at Rocky Cape. In the distance is The Nut at Stanley, an extinct volcanic plug millions of years old.
Cabezon Peak is a large volcanic plug that is a prominent feature in northwestern New Mexico. It rises to 7,785 feet in elevation, and nearly 2,000 feet above the floor of the Rio Puerco Valley. A volcanic neck or plug is formed when magma from an existing volcano solidifies in the pipe or neck and the surrounding sediment is eroded away.
Cabezon means “big head” in Spanish. This stems from a Navajo myth which holds that it is the head of the giant Ye’i-tsoh after being slain by the twins Nayenezgani and To’badzistsini.
Other volcanic necks can be seen in the distant left, marching toward Mt. Taylor.
One of several volcanic plugs located in the southern part of the Colorado Plateau, Agathla (El Capitan) rises 1500 feet (460 m) abve the surrounding plain. The Diné (Navajo) name (aghaałą́) refers to antelope or deer fur found on the rocks from scraping the hides. The peak is sacred to the Diné and is a part of several stories and ceremonies.
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What is effectively a 613 feet high extinct volcano sits just outside North Berwick on the southern side of the Firth of Forth, and acts as a landmark that can be seen for many miles around. The conical hill known as North Berwick Law rises conspicuously from the surrounding landscape. The Lowland Scots word "law" means conical hill.
Geologically, the law is a volcanic plug and was formed over 320 million years ago when this region was subjected to considerable volcanic activity. It has survived the scraping glaciers of the ice age.
The summit bears remnants of an Iron Age hill fort, and the ruins of later military buildings that were once used by lookouts in both the Napoleonic Wars and in World War II. A whale's jawbone has stood on the top of the law since 1709, the last one having been there since 1933. However, it eventually rotted away and was replaced by a fibreglass replica airlifted into place in 2008. This gave North Berwick Law back its famous landmark.
Slemish, originally called Slieve Mish is the remains of a plug of an extinct volcano. Tradition has it that a young enslaved Saint Patrick tended sheep on top.
Historically known as Slieve Mish, Slemish is a small mountain in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Tradition holds that Saint Patrick, enslaved as a youth, was brought to this area and tended sheep herds on Slemish. It is the remains of a plug from an extinct volcano.
Access to the top of The Nut is via a chairlift (when it is running) or a steep path. You can walk around the top and take advantage of various spectacular lookout points. I'll have to save getting those shots for another trip. The view that these people have up there is from a height of 143 metres above sea level.