Agassiz-Rock

IUCN Category III - Natural Monument or Feature

The Big Agassiz rock

The Agassiz Rock (English Agassiz rock ) is a 30 ft ( 9.1 m ) high granite monolith in the city of Manchester -by-the -sea in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. It is situated in a 116 acres (0.47 km ²) of nature reserve, which is managed by the organization The Trustees of Reservations.

History

In October 1874 the rock was named by a group of students of the Essex Institute by Louis Agassiz, who had worked as a professor of natural history at Harvard University and was deceased in 1873. He was the first developed later than the applicable accepted theory that spread over the entire state of glaciers stones were formed and left behind and had to attended the now known as Agassiz Rock Rocks. Until this discovery, the science was convinced that the stones are remains of the Flood.

In 1957 came the first land in the possession of the Trustees, a year later, and in the 1960s was followed by other land to expand the protected area. 2001, the organization was left to the so far last section.

Sanctuary

While the name of the protected area suggests the existence of only a single boulder, there exist actually multiple people with the Little Agassiz rock only slightly smaller precipitates next to the eponymous Big Agassiz skirt. It is not known how deep towers of rocks in the earth. In addition, there are more scattered, but much smaller rocks in the reserve. The trail through the grounds is approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) long and passes by two large rocks.

In reserve the seasonal hunting is permitted in accordance with the federal and state laws, with an additional permission of the Trustees of Reservations must be obtained. The area is accessible free of charge except without restriction.