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The ruins of a 19th-century copper mine crown a rocky outcropping at Copper Mine National Park (one of six national parks on the island), overlooking the churning Atlantic Ocean and revealing the most important historic sites on Virgin Gorda.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Best Restaurants Saba Rock Nestled on a tiny outcropping in the North Sound, there are few more iconic watering holes in the Caribbean than Saba Rock.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
The 2-mile out and back takes you through the middle of the park’s signature outcroppings, including Tower of Babel, a distinctive, freestanding fin that is part of the larger group of Courthouse Towers.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Best Restaurants Saba Rock Nestled on a tiny outcropping in the North Sound, there are few more iconic watering holes in the Caribbean than Saba Rock.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
The 2-mile out and back takes you through the middle of the park’s signature outcroppings, including Tower of Babel, a distinctive, freestanding fin that is part of the larger group of Courthouse Towers.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcropping. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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outcropping
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out·crop·ping
ˈȧut-ˌkrä-piŋ 
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