outcrop

1. A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.

   Landzunge, Vorsprung

   the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land

2. A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.

   Aufschluss, Aufbiss

3. The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

   Aufschluss

1. The sharp, layered outcrop appeared to pierce the desert sand like an ancient blade.

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2. Benedito shook his head in disbelief as his billy goat scaled a rocky outcropping with ease.

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3. The Purbeck beds follow the line of the Jurassic outcrop from Dorsetshire, through the Vale of Wardour, Swindon, Garsington, Brill and Aylesbury.

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