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Located in the Warner Valley area of Saint George, Utah, this dinosaur track site is popular with visitors for its easy access and quality of the trackways. The original number of tracks was thought to be only 161, but a site investigation in 2010 lead to the discovery of four hundred plus tracks and counting that are found in trackways or as isolated footprints. Some...
Washer Woman Arch in Canyonlands National Park is both a "desert tower" and an "arch". It is the only arch in Canyonlands that is currently open to rock climbing. It's along White Rim Road (permit required).
Washington is a giant sequoia located within Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California. The tree was named after George Washington, the 1st president of the United States. It is the 18th largest giant sequoia in the world, and could be considered the 17th largest depending on how badly Ishi Giant atrophied during the Rough Fire in 2015. It is also the large...
Watermelon Valley is on the north shore of Qarun Lake near Faiyum, Egypt. These Chert nodules of the Drunka Formation (Lower Eocene) are mostly spherical, have diameters from 40 to 120 cm.
The Waterpocket Fold is a geologic landform that defines Capitol Reef National Park in the western United States. This monoclinal fold extends for slightly over 100 miles in the desert of central Utah. It can be seen via three scenic routes in the park. One route leads to a famous landmark known as the Golden Throne. This landmark is covered in golden sandstone that g...
Wave Rock is a natural rock formation that is shaped like a tall breaking ocean wave. The "wave" is about 14 m (47 ft) high and around 110 m (350 ft) long. It forms the north side of a solitary hill, which is known as "Hyden Rock." This hill, which is a granite inselberg, lies about 3 km east of the small town of Hyden and 296 km east-southeast of Perth, Western Austr...
The Wawona Tree, also known as the Wawona Tunnel Tree, was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, until February 1969. It had a height of 227 feet (69 m) and was 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter at the base.
The origin of the wordWawonais not known. A popular story claimsWawō'nawas the Miwok word for "big tree", or for...
Way Kambas National Park is a national park covering 1,300 square kilometres in Lampung province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest, mostly of secondary growth as result of extensive logging in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite decreasing populations, the park still has a few critically endangered Sumatran tigers, Sumatran ele...
Wedding Cake Rock is located in Royal National Park, Australia. It's named this because it looks like a huge piece of wedding cake. The cliff is situated near Bundeena in southern Sydney and marks the start of the park's coastal walk.
Wedge Island is a settlement located north of Lancelin and south of Cervantes on the Western Australian coast.
The name mainly refers to the mainland settlement but also refers to a 400-metre (1,300 ft) long wedge shaped island located just south of "the point". The settlement of Grey is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north-west. Both are within the Shire of Dandaragan....
The North Umpqua Trail crosses the river near Wilson Creek at Marsters Bridge. Just west of the bridge is the Weeping Rocks where Chinook salmon begin and end their lives. This watchable wildlife area, just off Highway 138 on Forest Road 4770, shows the spawning beds where adult Chinook salmon return each year from September to November to spawn and then die. The eggs...