Palisades (Hudson River)

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basalt cliff formation geological formation

The Palisades along the Hudson River are a dramatic line of steep basalt cliffs rising sharply from the river’s western shore in New Jersey and New York, noted for their scenic and geological significance.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Hudson Palisades 3
Palisades along the Hudson River 2
Hudson River Palisades section 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf basalt cliff formation ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
adjacentTo Palisades Interstate Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf basalt ⓘ
diabase ⓘ
contains Alpine Lookout NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greenbrook Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palisades Interstate Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
State Line Lookout NERFINISHED ⓘ
erosionExposedBy Hudson River and glacial activity ⓘ
extendsFrom Jersey City, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo Nyack, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
faces Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedAs igneous intrusion ⓘ
formedBy cooling and solidification of magma ⓘ
geologicalAge Early Jurassic ⓘ
Late Triassic ⓘ
influenced early American conservation movement ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn west bank of the Hudson River ⓘ
maximumHeight about 168 meters ⓘ
about 550 feet ⓘ
nameOrigin resemblance to a palisade of stakes or posts ⓘ
near George Washington Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tappan Zee (Tappan Zee Bridge area) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notedFor geological significance ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
steep vertical cliffs ⓘ
overlooks Hudson River NERFINISHED ⓘ
parallelTo Palisades Interstate Parkway NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 9W NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Central Atlantic Magmatic Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Newark Basin igneous province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palisades Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedBy Palisades Interstate Park Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs National Natural Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
runsThrough Bergen County, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rockland County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf 19th-century landscape paintings ⓘ
Hudson River School art NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor birdwatching ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
scenic driving ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Croton Landing → hasViewOf → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
Wave Hill → hasView → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palisades across the Hudson River
Sunset over the Palisades → mainSubject → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palisades along the Hudson River
New Jersey Route 9W → adjacentTo → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palisades along the Hudson River
Route 495 → crosses → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
subject surface form: Route 495 (New Jersey)
this entity surface form: Hudson Palisades
Long Path → hasSection → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson River Palisades section
West Hoboken, New Jersey → locatedOn → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hudson Palisades
Louis Engel Waterfront Park → hasView → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palisades (across Hudson River)
Bergen Hill area of Jersey City → elevationFeature → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
subject surface form: Bergen Hill
this entity surface form: Hudson Palisades