Hoodoo

A hoodoo is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements.
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  • Stone
  • Description: tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland
  • Also known as
    “earth pyramid”
    “fairy chimney”
    “tent rock”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Croix des Têtes and Pointe de Char d’Osset.
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is a mountain of , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Hoodoo.
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is a peak.
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hermillon and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
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is a former commune in the department… is situated 4½ km northwest of Hoodoo.
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is a subprefecture of the… is situated 5 km west of Hoodoo.
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is a ski resort in the Maurienne Valley… is situated 6 km south of Hoodoo.

Hoodoo

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Latitude
45.27961° or 45° 16′ 47″ north
Longitude
6.41517° or 6° 24′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FQ87CH8+R3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8912936865
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q854550

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Hoodoo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “էրոզիոն սյուն”
  • Armenian: “հուդու”
  • Armenian: “Հուդու”
  • Basque: “Maitagarri-tximini”
  • Bulgarian: “Еолични стълбове”
  • Catalan: “dame coifée”
  • Catalan: “xemeneia de fades”
  • Catalan: “Xemeneia de fades”
  • Catalan: “xemeneies de fades”
  • Chinese: “土柱奇形巖”
  • Chinese: “奇形岩”
  • Chinese: “奇形石柱”
  • Chinese: “帐篷岩”
  • Dutch: “aardpiramide”
  • Dutch: “Aardpiramide”
  • Esperanto: “fekamentubo”
  • Esperanto: “rokpiramido”
  • Finnish: “Hoodoo (geologia)”
  • Finnish: “Hoodoo”
  • French: “cheminée de fée”
  • French: “Cheminée de fée”
  • French: “demoiselle coiffée”
  • French: “pyramide”
  • Galician: “Cheminea de fadas”
  • German: “Erdpyramide”
  • Greek: “νεραϊδόπετρα”
  • Greek: “νυμφόπετρα”
  • Hausa: “Hoodoo (geology)”
  • Hausa: “Hoodoo”
  • Hungarian: “tündérkémény”
  • Hungarian: “Tündérkémény”
  • Indonesian: “Batuan julang”
  • Italian: “camini delle fate”
  • Italian: “Camini delle fate”
  • Italian: “piramidi di roccia”
  • Italian: “piramidi di terra”
  • Japanese: “フードー”
  • Japanese: “土柱”
  • Luxembourgish: “Buedempyramid”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jordpyramide”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jordpyramide”
  • Norwegian: “Jordpyramide”
  • Persian: “دودکش جن”
  • Polish: “Bajeczne kominy”
  • Portuguese: “Chaminés de fada”
  • Romanian: “Hoodoo”
  • Romansh: “Cluchers da terra”
  • Russian: “волшебный дымоход”
  • Russian: “эрозионный столб”
  • Russian: “Эрозионный столб”
  • Slovenian: “Peščeni stolpi”
  • Spanish: “chimenea de hadas”
  • Spanish: “Chimenea de hadas”
  • Swedish: “Jordpyramid”
  • Swiss German: “Ärdpyramiide”
  • Turkish: “peri bacası”
  • Turkish: “Peribacası”
  • Ukrainian: “гуду”
  • Ukrainian: “ерозійний стовп”
  • Ukrainian: “Ерозійний стовп”

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