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Geological Formation

Princess of Hope

Hoodoos and Rock Pillars

The Princess of Hope is a natural rock formation, a hoodoo shaped by erosion, in Hingol National Park in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, Pakistan. It stands in the Makran coastal region, an area of dramatic gorges and unusual mud and rock formations, about 190 kilometers from Karachi. The pinnacle's silhouette resembles a crowned, robed female figure gazing toward the horizon, an effect created entirely by natural erosion of the surrounding rock. It takes its name from actress Angelina Jolie, who named it during a 2002 visit to the park as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, and it stands near another well known formation nicknamed the Balochistan Sphinx. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Protected Status
National Park or Reserve 1
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Weathering, Processes

Wikidata P31 (Q631305) mapped to formative process Weathering via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Princess of Hope

In Discipline

Geology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 (Q631305) mapped to discipline Geology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Princess of Hope
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Found In

Pakistan

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Source Wikidata: Princess of Hope
Sources
1. Princess of Hope (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The curiously shaped rock pinnacle is located in the Hingol National Park in the Lasbela District of the province of Balochistan, the mountainous landscape of which is riven with picturesque gorges and features unusual formations of mud and rock, shaped into their present forms by the forces of erosion.
  • In Group: Hoodoos and Earth Pillars, Lead sentence
    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.
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Wikidata: Princess of Hope
Wikidata Q97574685, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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