Palisades (Hudson River)

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf basalt cliff formation ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
adjacentTo Palisades Interstate Parkway ⓘ
composedOf basalt ⓘ
diabase ⓘ
contains Alpine Lookout ⓘ
Greenbrook Sanctuary ⓘ
Palisades Interstate Park ⓘ
State Line Lookout ⓘ
erosionExposedBy Hudson River and glacial activity ⓘ
extendsFrom Jersey City, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Jersey City
extendsTo Nyack, New York ⓘ
faces Bronx ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

Manhattan ⓘ
formedAs igneous intrusion ⓘ
formedBy cooling and solidification of magma ⓘ
geologicalAge Early Jurassic ⓘ
Late Triassic ⓘ
influenced early American conservation movement ⓘ
locatedIn New Jersey ⓘ
New York ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Tappan Zee (Tappan Zee Bridge area) ⓘ
notedFor geological significance ⓘ
scenic beauty ⓘ
steep vertical cliffs ⓘ
overlooks Hudson River ⓘ
parallelTo Palisades Interstate Parkway ⓘ
U.S. Route 9W ⓘ
partOf Central Atlantic Magmatic Province ⓘ
Newark Basin igneous province ⓘ
Palisades Sill ⓘ
protectedBy Palisades Interstate Park Commission ⓘ
recognizedAs National Natural Landmark ⓘ
runsThrough Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ
Rockland County, New York ⓘ
linked to: Rockland County
subjectOf 19th-century landscape paintings ⓘ
Hudson River School art ⓘ
linked to: Hudson River School
usedFor birdwatching ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
scenic driving ⓘ

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Croton Landing → hasViewOf → Palisades (Hudson River) ⓘ
Wave Hill → hasView → Palisades across the Hudson River ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Sunset over the Palisades → mainSubject → Palisades along the Hudson River ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
New Jersey Route 9W → adjacentTo → Palisades along the Hudson River ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Route 495 (New Jersey) → crosses → Hudson Palisades ⓘ
subject linked to: Route 495
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Long Path → hasSection → Hudson River Palisades section ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
West Hoboken, New Jersey → locatedOn → Hudson Palisades ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Louis Engel Waterfront Park → hasView → Palisades (across Hudson River) ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Bergen Hill → elevationFeature → Hudson Palisades ⓘ
subject linked to: Bergen Hill area of Jersey City
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Palisade Avenue → followsFeature → Hudson Palisades ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
New Jersey Route 139 → crosses → Hudson Palisades ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Hook Mountain State Park → locatedOn → west bank of the Hudson River ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Riverdale waterfront → hasView → Palisades across the Hudson River ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)
Boulevard East → followsAlong → Hudson Palisades ⓘ
linked to: Palisades (Hudson River)