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Les Baux-de-Provence Built into a rocky outcropping that's part of the Alpilles mountain chain, Les Baux-de-Provence has a rugged and wildly impressive setting.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Monterey County officials offered several safety tips for visitors to the beach and coast this holiday weekend, which include staying aware of ocean conditions, never turning back on the ocean, staying off rocks, jetties and outcroppings and to respect posted warnings and barriers.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The low-hanging clouds touched the rock outcroppings on top of the ridge.
—William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025
In the distance, sandstone cliffs, as imposing as the outcroppings in a John Ford Western, loom over the unruly bacchanal—and over Luis and Esteban’s urgent search—with monumental indifference.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
Monterey County officials offered several safety tips for visitors to the beach and coast this holiday weekend, which include staying aware of ocean conditions, never turning back on the ocean, staying off rocks, jetties and outcroppings and to respect posted warnings and barriers.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The low-hanging clouds touched the rock outcroppings on top of the ridge.
—William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025
In the distance, sandstone cliffs, as imposing as the outcroppings in a John Ford Western, loom over the unruly bacchanal—and over Luis and Esteban’s urgent search—with monumental indifference.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcropping. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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outcropping
noun
out·crop·ping
ˈȧut-ˌkrä-piŋ 
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