Pulpit Rock is a rock located in

Cape Schanck Cape Schanck is a locality at the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, approximately south of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the Sh ...

, Victoria, Australia. It is in the Mornington Peninsula National Park, near the

Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...

. Pulpit Rock is a geological formation created by volcanic activity over millions of years. Its base is called Devils Desk (see image below). A painting of the rock by Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902) is held in the

Art Gallery of New South Wales The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most importa ...

Erosion

Pulpit Rock was eroded constantly by large waves and heavy winds over millions of years, thus its unique appearance.Mornington Peninsula National Park: Cape Schanck

References

Landforms of Victoria (state) Mornington Peninsula {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub