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Pompeys Pillar is a natural pillar in Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. The area's lithology is in the Cedarville, Springfield and Euphemia Dolomites undivided. Bedrock is from the Silurian Geologic Period. The image was an entry in 1983 Ohio Geology Slide Contest.
Information taken from Rainbows of Rock, Tables of Stone: The Natural Arches and Pillars of Ohio by Timothy A. Snyder (McDonald & Woodward: Granville, Ohio, 2009).
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Sideways picture of a table-shaped rock formation. Pompeys Pillar at Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Ohio.