Pedra da Gavea

Estr. Sorima, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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Located in the Tijuca Range,  Pedra da Gavea is 842 m tall and is a  granite dome .    The mountain, much like other stone outcroppings in and around the area, is the result of younger  Neoproterozoic  granitoid rocks and thin Cretaceous diabase dikes intruding the older Meso-Neoproterozoic high-grade metasedimentary rocks.   Differential weathering on one side of the rock has created what is described as a stylized human face. Markings on another face of the rock have been described as an inscription.
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