Elephant Rock is a unique rock formation located on Prince Edward Island. I went ahead and pasted pictures of Elephant Rock in order from 1976 to the fall of 1998 (Gaudet, 1998). I want to talk about how this rock was formed and the erosion that took place until the rock crumbled.

Elephant Rock, 4 (nautical) miles NNW of the mouth of the Olifants River, is one of the Proclaimed Guano Islands. It is a good radar contact. It is a rocky islet, 15m high, lying just over a cable from the mainland, to which it is joined by a sand bar over which the surf breaks at low water. Some above-water and submerged rocks lie close to this bar, and a reef extends 1 cable to seaward of the islet. In 1948 a steel cableway was erected between the islet and the shore to enable sealers to cross over in all weathers. The original name of the rock was Morrell’s Island, so called by the sealer Captain Banjamin Morrell who, early in the nineteenth century, landed there and made a good haul of seals after he had tried unsucc

Another sphere, which has influenced the rock is that of the biosphere. I would venture to say that some animals make their home in the cracks of the rock. People also have visited the rock and they have also attempted to preserve the rock (McCarthy, 1999).

essfully to enter the Olifants River (Gaudet, 1998).

The atmosphere has also influenced the rock by the affect its affect on weathering. The weather is one contributor to the erosion of the rock. The atmosphere also produces high winds, which plays a role in the transfer of the sediments that contribute to the development to the rock.

The next thing that literally astonished me was the time period from the landmass, which developed into the Elephant Rock, till the time when part of the rock fell. The pictures show a time frame from 1976-1998 (Gaudet, 1998). With the rock being that of sandstone, it gives some insight on how the erosion rate occurred in such a short period.

The first thing that I noticed from these pictures was that the rock’s location was on an ocean side. The lith

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