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

Brazil

• Pedra da Gávea is a mountain in Rio de Janeiro whose resemblance to a human head sparked several pseudoarchaeological theories over the years (see Archaeological interest of Pedra da Gávea).

Canada

• Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay, Ontario

• Roche Bonhomme, Jasper National Park, Alberta

Poland

• Giewont, a mountain whose shape resembles a lying human, associated with a legend of the sleeping knight^[1]

United Kingdom

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

• The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that from certain angles is said to resemble a standing man.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• The Winking Man Rock formation (also known as the Winking Eye^[5]) is part of the Ramshaw Rocks section of The Roaches. It looks like a face sticking out of the hillside, and as you travel past in a car towards Buxton the 'eye' appears to wink, as a pinnacle of rock passes behind the face as a consequence of parallax.^[6][5] A public house near Ramshaw Rocks at Upper Hulme takes its name from the Winking Man rock.^[7]
• The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the peaks of the island of Arran.^[2]

United States

• Old Man of the Mountain, Franconia, New Hampshire.^[8]
• The Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire.^[8]
• Profile Rock, Massachusetts.
• Sleeping Giant, Steamboat Springs.
• Ute Mountain, Colorado.

See also

• Breast-shaped hill
• List of individual rocks
• List of rock formations