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The rhyolite cliff of Palisade Head over Lake Superior
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Fig. 1The rhyolite cliff of Palisade Head over Lake Superior

Photo: JimmyLovrien · CC BY-SA 3.0

Landform

A rhyolite cliff dropping into Lake Superior — Shovel Point in the same park, not Pictured Rocks’ sandstone cruise.

Field note

Palisade Head and Shovel Point are the named cliffs. Silver Bay is the town. This plate is Palisade Head at Tettegouche State Park, not Pictured Rocks and not the Apostles.

Palisade Head is a rhyolite cliff into Lake Superior at Tettegouche — Shovel Point in the same park. Silver Bay is the town. This plate is the North Shore wall, not Pictured Rocks and not the Apostles.

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