Mar 14, 1995 *City official name :Stone Mountain *Founded date : *Location :GeorgiaState *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Stone Mountain is suburb of Atlanta. Stone Mountain is famous for the granite dome. It is one of the the world's largest exposed pieces of granite, after El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and Stawamus Chief in British Columbia, and one of the largest monoliths in the world, behind Mount Augustus in Australia and Peña de Bernal in Mexico. At its summit, the elevation is 1683 feet or 513 meters AMSL. It is well-known not only for its geological status, but also for the enormous bas-relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world. Three figures of the Confederate States
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