Peña de Bernal

Infobox Mountain
Name = Peña de Bernal
Photo = Pena_de_bernal_2006.jpg
Caption =
Elevation = 2510 m (8230 ft) AMSL Fact|date=February 2007
Location = San Sebastián Bernal, Ezequiel Montes, Querétaro, México
Range = Sierra Gorda
Prominence = 350 m (1150 ft)
Topographic

Type = Porphyrytic monolith
Age = ~ 100 million years
Last eruption =
First ascent =
Listing =
Translation = Bernal Peak
Language = Spanish
Pronunciation =

Peña de Bernal (in English: "Bernal's Boulder" or "Bernal Peak") is the second-largest monolith in the world, after Mt. Augustus, Western Australia. At 350 meters (1150 ft) it is also the fourth-tallest monolith in the world, after Mount Augustus, the Rock of Gibraltar and Sugarloaf Mountain.

Peña de Bernal is located in San Sebastián Bernal, a small town in the Mexican state of Querétaro. .

cite web
last=López Domínguez
first=Leonor
title=Villa de Bernal and its Magic Mountain
publisher=México Desconocido #291
url=http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/english/pueblos_y_otros_rincones/centro/detalle.cfm?idpag=1536&idsub=0&idsec=41
month=May
year=2001|]

According to Leonor López Domínguez of "México Desconocido", the porphyrytic monolith was formed some 100 million years ago during the Jurassic period, when it must have been at least three times higher than today. Many people make a pilgrimage to the highest point hikeable, visiting a little chapel about halfway up. On the Spring equinox, people gather all dressed in white to form a human belt around the monolith.Fact|date=February 2007

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Other References

* [http://www.lugaresdemexico.com/bernal.html Reference of the town and the Rock of Bernal]