page_title: Kigilyakh
hierarchical_section_title: Kigilyakh
caption_attribution_description: English: Granite columns on Chetyrokhstolbovoy Island (Medvezhyi Islands, Russia; 70°37‘50‘‘N, 162°22’30’’E) Deutsch: Granitsäulen auf der Chetyrokhstolbovoy-Insel (Medweschji-Inseln, Russland; 70°37‘50‘‘N, 162°22’30’’O)
context_page_description: Kigilyakh or Kisiliyakh are tall, pillar-like natural rock formations looking like tall monoliths standing more or less isolated. Usually they are composed of granite or sandstone shaped as a result of cryogenic weathering. Most Kigilyakhs formed during the Cretaceous period and are about 120 million years old.
context_section_description: Kigilyakh or Kisiliyakh (Russian: Кигиляхи; Yakut: киһилээх, meaning "stone person") are tall, pillar-like natural rock formations looking like tall monoliths standing more or less isolated. Usually they are composed of granite or sandstone shaped as a result of cryogenic weathering. Most Kigilyakhs formed during the Cretaceous period and are about 120 million years old.
caption: Kigilyakhs on Chetyryokhstolbovoy Island, East Siberian Sea.
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