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Castle Crags

Inselbergs and Crystalline Monoliths

Castle Crags is a group of steep granite spires in the Klamath Mountains of Northern California, near the town of Dunsmuir and within view of Mount Shasta. The spires formed from a granite intrusion, the Castle Crags pluton, exposed and sculpted by erosion of the softer surrounding rock. The formation is protected within Castle Crags State Park and is part of the larger Castle Crags Wilderness.

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National Park or Reserve 1
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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Castle Crags

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Castle Crags
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1. Wikidata: Castle Crags
  • Wikidata Q21477277, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • protected by Castle Crags State Park and by Castle Crags Wilderness Area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
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