place

Elephant Rock, Hartlepool

1891 disestablishments in EnglandHartlepoolHistory of the Borough of HartlepoolLimestoneRock formations of England
United Kingdom geology stubs
Elephant Rock, Hartlepool (1886)
Elephant Rock, Hartlepool (1886)

Elephant Rock was a rock formation at Hartlepool, England, shaped like an elephant which only existed for a few decades, being washed away by a storm in 1891.It was created partially as a result of limestone quarrying of the sea cliff. A popular tourist attraction, it was painted in 1850 by J.S. Holmes and photographed by a team working for Francis Frith in 1886.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Elephant Rock, Hartlepool (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Elephant Rock, Hartlepool
Moor Terrace,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Elephant Rock, HartlepoolContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 54.7 ° E -1.177 °
placeShow on map

Address

Moor Terrace
TS24 0PR , Headland
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Elephant Rock, Hartlepool (1886)
Elephant Rock, Hartlepool (1886)
Share experience

Nearby Places