A view of Castle Rock from the east- 2014-07-23 16-24

Castle Rock is a large

monolith A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock. Some monolit ...

right off the coast of Arch Cape, Oregon. It is named ''Castle Rock'' because it resembles a castle turret. The rock is

Basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...

, formed millions of years ago from lava flows. It is sometimes called Queen Vic rock by locals, (referring to Queen Victoria) because on the ''west'' side, there is a rock pattern that loosely resembles the face of

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...

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