This 20-mile long feature, which ranges from 350 to 500 feet in height, was formed about 200 million years ago by the intrusion of magma upward into softer sandstone. Called We-awk-en by the native Lenape people, concern over quarry activity led to the purchase of a significant stretch of it by John D. Rockefeller, who then donated the land to the government for preservation as part of its namesake Interstate Park. For 10 points, name this geographic feature on the right bank of the Hudson River
This 20-mile long feature, which ranges from 350 to 500 feet in height, was formed about 200 million years ago by the intrusion of magma upward into softer sandstone. Called We-awk-en by the native Lenape people, concern over quarry activity led to the purchase of a significant stretch of it by John D. Rockefeller, who then donated the land to the government for preservation as part of its namesake Interstate Park. For 10 points, name this geographic feature on the right bank of the Hudson River between Nyack, New York and Jersey City that most people see when crossing the George Washington Bridge.
This 20-mile long feature, which ranges from 350 to 500 feet in height, was formed about 200 million years ago by the intrusion of magma upward into softer sandstone.
{The Palisades} or {New Jersey Palisades} or {Hudson Palisades}