granite dome
Bald stone summit
A granite dome is a rounded, exposed rock formation created when granite bedrock weathers and erodes, typically shedding layers like an onion through a process called exfoliation.
These geological features rise prominently from surrounding landscapes: Half Dome in Yosemite is among the most famous granite domes.
Rock climbers prize them for their smooth, challenging faces.
- monolithHuge solitary standing stone
- inselbergIsolated residual hill
- sugar loafCone-shaped sweetener mass
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
- roughUneven in surface
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geological formation type
granite domevolcanic peak
Top of erupting mountain
stratovolcano · cinder cone · lava dome · volcanic crater · volcanic cone