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With a population of fewer than 200 people, the once-idyllic mountain enclave is named for the towering granite outcropping that overlooks it.
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
The ruins of a 19th-century copper mine crown a rocky outcropping at Copper Mine National Park (one of six national parks on the island), overlooking the churning Atlantic Ocean and revealing the most important historic sites on Virgin Gorda.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Best Restaurants Saba Rock Nestled on a tiny outcropping in the North Sound, there are few more iconic watering holes in the Caribbean than Saba Rock.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
The ruins of a 19th-century copper mine crown a rocky outcropping at Copper Mine National Park (one of six national parks on the island), overlooking the churning Atlantic Ocean and revealing the most important historic sites on Virgin Gorda.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Best Restaurants Saba Rock Nestled on a tiny outcropping in the North Sound, there are few more iconic watering holes in the Caribbean than Saba Rock.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Geronimo Trading Post, Holbrook, Arizona On Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, Arizona, toward the power plant at Joseph City, a tipi perched on a rock outcropping.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcropping. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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outcropping
noun
out·crop·ping
ˈȧut-ˌkrä-piŋ 
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