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Geological activity formed outcroppings of ancient oceanic crust called serpentine soils, which lend the region its uniqueness.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The video shows an area in Antarctica where rocky outcroppings jut up above the ice sheet.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
On May 7, Patrick Robinson took a boat out to Año Nuevo Island to survey the sea lions that come to birth on this rocky outcropping north of Monterey Bay.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
At the time, downtown OKC was little more than a small outcropping of skyscrapers surrounded by fields of empty parking lots.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
The video shows an area in Antarctica where rocky outcroppings jut up above the ice sheet.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
On May 7, Patrick Robinson took a boat out to Año Nuevo Island to survey the sea lions that come to birth on this rocky outcropping north of Monterey Bay.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
At the time, downtown OKC was little more than a small outcropping of skyscrapers surrounded by fields of empty parking lots.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Outcropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcropping. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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outcropping
noun
out·crop·ping
ˈȧut-ˌkrä-piŋ 
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