Stone Mountain ( English Stone Mountain ) - one of the Appalachian mountains, a monolith . One of the largest monoliths in North America. Located in USA, Georgia . The summit is located at an altitude of 512 m above sea level, or about 250 meters above the surrounding plain. The mountain is more than 8 km in circumference. The most famous attraction of this mountain is the world's largest carved bas-relief “Confederation Memorial”, all of which were completed by March 3, 1972.
| Stone mountain | |
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| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 512 [1] m |
| Relative height | 201 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| State | Georgia |
| Mountain system | Appalachian mountains |
Content
- 1 “Confederation Memorial”
- 2 At the cinema
- 3 Nature
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Confederate Memorial
The bas-relief depicts three leaders of the Confederate States of America : President Jefferson Davis , Generals Robert Lee and Thomas Jackson on their favorite horses (Blackjack, Tramp and the Little Gned, respectively). The bas-relief rises 120 m above the base of the mountain, the whole composition has an area of about 12,000 m 2 , the size of the figures along with the horses is 28 m high and 59 m long.
In the movie
- In the documentary series Life After People , Stone Mountain will be one of the last fragments of human civilization in 5,000 years.
- Stone Mountain is featured in the opening credits of the movie Big Moms: Son as a Father .
Nature
The top of the mountain is a landscape of bare rocks and stone pools, and it overlooks the surroundings, including the horizon of central Atlanta , Mount Kennesaw , and even on very clear days Appalachian mountains . On some days, the top of the mountain is shrouded in thick fog, and visibility may be limited to just a few feet.
At the top, clean freshwater pools form with rainwater collecting in the hollows, they are home to unusual mollusks and shrimps. Tiny shrimp appear only in the rainy season. In the process of cryptobiosis, tiny shrimp eggs can remain inactive for years in dried cavities in anticipation of favorable conditions. At the top of these basins are also several rare and endangered plant species such as Isoetes melanospora and Gratiola amphiantha . [2] [3]
See also
- Rushmore
- Raging Horse Memorial
Notes
- ↑ Peakbagger.com
- ↑ Jarel L. Hilton, Robert S. Boyd. Microhabitat Requirements and Seed / Microsite Limitation of the Rare Granite Outcrop Endemic Amphianthus pusillus (Scrophulariaceae) // Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. - 1996-07. - T. 123 , no. 3 . - S. 189 . - ISSN 0040-9618 . - DOI : 10.2307 / 2996794 .
- ↑ Daniel F. Brunton, Donald M. Britton. Isoetes melanopoda spp. silvatica (subsp. nov.), a New Quillwort (Isoetaceae) From Eastern North America // Castanea. - 2006-03. - T. 71 , no. 1 . - S. 15-30 . - ISSN 1938-4386 0008-7475, 1938-4386 . - DOI : 10.2179 / 05-5.1 .
Links
- Stone Mountain Geographic Names Information System (USA) , US Geological Survey . Date of treatment November 4, 2012.