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The south side of Morro Rock from the entrance of Montaña de Oro State Park. Morro Rock ( Salinan: Le'samo; Chumash: Lisamu'; Spanish: El Morro) [4] [5] [6] is a volcanic plug in Morro Bay, California, on the Pacific Coast at the entrance to Morro Bay harbor. A causeway connects it with the shore, making it a tied island.
Moro Rock is a granite dome rock formation in Sequoia National Park, California, United States. It is located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek, between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow. A stairway, designed by the National Park Service and built in 1931, is cut into and poured onto the rock, so that visitors can hike to the top.
20–25 mya (Late Oligocene to Early Miocene) Type of rock. Volcanic plugs. The Nine Sisters or the Morros are a chain of twenty-three, although typically only nine are included, volcanic mountains and hills in western San Luis Obispo County, Southern California. They run between Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo .
And to the north, waves breached the rocks surrounding the parking lot at Morro Rock, a huge surge topped the wall in Cayucos and ran down the street and elephant seals battled waves while giving ...
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Morro Rock. Morro Rock is a 576 foot (176 m) high volcanic plug located at the entrance to the harbor. The descriptive term morro is common to the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian languages, and the word is part of many place names where there is a distinctive and prominent hill-shaped rock formation.
El Morro National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.Located on an ancient east–west trail in the western part of the state, the monument preserves the remains of a large prehistoric pueblo atop a great sandstone promontory with a pool of water at its base, which subsequently became a landmark where over the centuries explorers and travelers have ...