10 Geological Wonders In The World

1. The Wave, United States

This stunning red rock located on the border of Arizona and Utah, USA. The Wave is made up of sand dunes about 190 million years old that have been turned into stone. This amazing place can only be accessed by walking through the lane as far as three miles uphill.

 

2. Antelope Canyon, Arizona, United States
Antelope Canyon is a famous gorge located in Page, Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Canyon area is included in the complex Navajo Indian Reservation, the area's largest shelter for Dine Indians from North America, which is also called the Navaho or Navajo. Antelope Canyon formed by erosion of Navajo Sand rocks, mainly due to flash floods and later because of sub-aerial processes.

3. Great Blue Hole, Belize
Great Blue Hole is located about 60 miles from the mainland of Belize City. Shaped like a big hole almost perfectly, with a depth of about 125 meters and 300 meters in diameter. The depth of water is what makes the color becomes very blue. This is believed to be the world's largest ocean holes and very interesting for divers.

 

4. Crystal Cave of the Giants (Mexico)
Found deep inside a mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as "the Sistine Chapel of crystals", Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) it contains natural crystals. These crystals have an average length of 11 meters.

5. Eye of the SaharaA land in Mauritania, south-western part of the Sahara Desert has a spectacular view. Threaded circle with a diameter of 30 miles - like eyes. With such large to be seen from space. Formation was originally suspected as the impact of a meteorite collision, but geologists now believe this is the result of land elevation and erosion. However, what causes a circular shape, is still mysterious.

6. Blue Lake Cave (Brazil)Mato Grosso do Sul region of Brazil has some beautiful underground lake, there is Gruta do Lago Azul, Gruta do Mimoso, and Aquario Natural. The most famous, Gruta do Lago Azul or Blue Lake Cave - adorned with stalactites and stalagmites and an incredible blue lake. The beauty of the lake was so fascinating. 

7. Giants Causeway (Ireland)It is an area that consists of pieces of the column. Giants Causeway is the result of ancient volcanic eruptions. Located in north-east coast of Northern Ireland, most of the hexagonal-shaped columns, although there are also some of the terms of four, five, seven and eight. The highest column is 12 meters, and high profits that hardens on the cliff is 28 meters. 

8. Hell Gate (Turkmenistan)There in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. Near the remote village, inhabited Derweze 350 people, there is a crater 60 meters wide and within 20 meters. This crater is constantly out the fire and burned for 38 years. By local residents, smoldering crater is known as Crater Gas Darvaza or also better known as the 'Gate of Hell'. This crater can be seen from a distance of several kilometers. This is not a natural phenomenon, but rather the result of industrial accidents. In 1971, a Soviet drilling rig accident on an underground cave that holds the gas in massive quantities.

9. Wave Rock (Australia)Wafe Rock is a natural rock formation located in Western Australia. Shaped like a circular waves. One wave has a height of about 15 meters long and 110 meters. 

10. Chocolate Hills (Philippines)Consisting of about 1268 perfectly cone-shaped hill of similar size, spread over an area of ​​more than 50 sq. km. It is a geological formation which is very unusual, called the Chocolate Hills, located in Bohol, Philippines.