The Sledge Hammer Peak is an impressive rock formation located outside Chengde. It is a nice example of a Danxia landform.
The Sledge Hammer Peak is an impressive rock formation located outside Chengde. It is a nice example of a Danxia landform.
Around Chengde City there is a kind of peculiar landform. That is formed through long time geological process, which features red rocks. This landform in Chengde is rare in the north of China. Compared with rosy Clouds Hill (Danxia Hill) in the north of Guangdong Province, it seems to be not only more peculiar and handsome, but more vigorous and grand. Its main natural landscape includes Bangchui Shan (The Sledge Hammer Peak), Hama Shi (Frog Crag) and so on.
The Danxia landform, named after the Danxia Hill, is a kind of landform established and developed in China, which is widely accepted and applied by scholars both in China and in abroad. The red beds, which are the origin of the Danxia landform, are widely distributed, which are found in all continents except for the Antarctica. Therefore, the Danxia landform is important rock landform and natural geographic features of the earth. There are known sites with well developed danxia landform in many countries, such as America's Arches National Park, Bruce Canyon, Venezuela Canaima National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia, Panulu National Park, England Brecon Beacons National Park, United Kingdom Gough Island, Greek Olympus, Bamiyang region in Afghan, Sri Lanka Ancient City of Sigiriya, Egypt Abu Simbel, Mandingo Altiplano in Mali, Duo Gong Altiplano and etc.
The reddish sandstone, forming the Danxia landform, has been eroded over time into a series of mountains surrounded by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual rock formations. The Bangchui Shan (The Sledge Hammer Peak) is a fine example for these rock formations:
It is located in the hillock of the National Forest Park in the east of the city, also named Hammer Rock (for it is wide on the top and narrow below, like a hammer). The upper diameter is 15 meters and the lower diameter is 10 meters, and its 38.29 meters high. Together with the foundation it is 60 meters high. There is a white mulberry tree in the middle of mountain.
How to claim this find
Answer the following question in an email to the owner:
- Please describe the granularity of the sandstone, forming the Sledge Hammer Peak. How big are the bigger grains of the stone?
- How high is the tree in the middle of the peak?
- Please post a picture of you and your GPS visible infront of the formation.