Wase Rock, known locally as Gwauron Dutse in Hausa, is a massive dome-shaped inselberg standing alone on the plain near Wase town in Plateau State, central Nigeria. It rises about 298 meters above the surrounding plain to a summit 543 meters above sea level, and its isolated dome shape makes it a prominent landmark visible from a great distance across the flat Wase plain. The rock is composed of trachyte, a fine-grained volcanic rock, and its form is the eroded remnant of a volcanic neck or plug left standing after the softer surrounding material wore away. This entity documents Wase Rock specifically as a geological formation.
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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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.
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The government now protects about 321 hectares (790 acres) of land around the rock as a bird sanctuary and for wildlife development.
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