El Penon de Guatape is a massive granitic and monzonitic rock monolith rising roughly two hundred meters above the surrounding landscape near the town of Guatape in Antioquia, Colombia. A staircase of more than seven hundred steps, built into a crack running up one side of the rock, leads visitors to a summit platform overlooking the artificial lakes of the El Penol-Guatape reservoir system, making it one of Colombia's most visited natural landmarks.
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Protected StatusNational Monument or Landmark 1 Connections
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History
In the 1940s, the Colombian government declared the rock a National Monument.
Caused By: Erosion, Article text
The landform is a granitic rock remnant that has resisted weathering and erosion, likely due to being less fractured than the surrounding bedrock.
In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead section (in-discipline Geomorphology)
The Rock of Guatapé (Spanish: Peñón de Guatapé) (Tahamí language: Mojarrá) is a landmark inselberg in Colombia.
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