Tall thin spires and pillars of soft rock capped by a harder stone, called hoodoos, earth pillars or fairy chimneys, and the parks and fields where they stand in numbers. A landform belongs here when its cited article calls it a hoodoo, an earth pillar or a pinnacle formation. It excludes plain badlands and sea stacks. Hoodoos grow where a resistant cap shelters the softer column beneath it from rain, so the shapes differ by rock type and climate.
Hoodoos and Earth Pillars
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Goblin Valley State Park (Wikipedia)
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The park is known for its thousands of hoodoos, referred to locally as goblins.
Awa Sand Pillars (Wikipedia)
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The Awa-no-dochū (阿波の土柱｜Earth Pillars of Awa, also referred to as the Awa Sand Pillars or Awa no Douban), is a formation of sandstone and gravel hoodoos located in the city Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan.
Pūtangirua Pinnacles (Wikipedia)
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They consist of a large number of earth pillars or hoodoos located at the head of a valley in the Aorangi Ranges, on the North Island of New Zealand, in the Wellington region.
Princess of Hope (Wikipedia)
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It is of the type known as a hoodoo or "fairy chimney" and which could fancifully be construed (see mimetolith) as resembling a crowned and skirted female figure looking toward the horizon.
Devils Garden (Garfield County, Utah) (Wikipedia)
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The Devils Garden in Garfield County, Utah, United States, is a protected area featuring hoodoos, natural arches and other sandstone formations.
Duckbill (rock formation) (Wikipedia)
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Duckbill was a sandstone hoodoo rock formation at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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