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The same layer of black clay showed up all around in the world: in rock outcroppings in Italy and New Zealand, and in samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
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Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
From Jack’s, guests can embark on a two-night foray into the vast Makgadikgadi Pans in a convoy of ATVs before making camp on Kubu Island, an outcropping of granite that rises from the arid plain.
—Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
Laguna Beach has an ideal habitat for kelp forests with coves that have steeper terrain and rocky outcroppings where kelp can anchor and grow.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Best View Taft Point Get a golden eagle-eye view of Yosemite Valley at Taft Point, a 7,500-foot outcropping that stands more than 3,000 feet above the valley floor.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 4 June 2025
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Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
From Jack’s, guests can embark on a two-night foray into the vast Makgadikgadi Pans in a convoy of ATVs before making camp on Kubu Island, an outcropping of granite that rises from the arid plain.
—Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
Laguna Beach has an ideal habitat for kelp forests with coves that have steeper terrain and rocky outcroppings where kelp can anchor and grow.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Best View Taft Point Get a golden eagle-eye view of Yosemite Valley at Taft Point, a 7,500-foot outcropping that stands more than 3,000 feet above the valley floor.
—Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan, Outside Online, 4 June 2025
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcropping. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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outcropping
noun
out·crop·ping
ˈȧut-ˌkrä-piŋ 
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