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Serpentine tors, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

A series of free-standing rock spires called "tors" shown off in the slanted sunlight at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska
NPS-Ken Hill
Thursday, June 18, 2020

If you visit Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska, you'll see free-standing spires of rocks called tors. A "tor" is a Celtic word meaning "hill" and refers to "an exposed mass of rock." 

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