Steppe & grassland

3 places catalogued in this kind of landscape.

Geological oddities Australia · Northern Territory

Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)

Hundreds of rounded granite boulders, some balanced improbably on others, scattered across a shallow valley in the middle of the Northern Territory.

Coordinates: 20°34′26″S 134°15′40″E
Crowds: Quiet
Landscape: Steppe & grassland
Best season: Best in Winter

Forgotten ruins Ireland · County Tipperary

Hore Abbey

A roofless 13th-century Cistercian abbey in a cow field beneath the Rock of Cashel, one of Ireland's most visited sites, and almost nobody walks the 400 m to it.

Coordinates: 52°31′10″N 7°53′42″W
Crowds: Quiet
Landscape: Steppe & grassland
Best season: Best in Year round

Geological oddities Australia · Western Australia

Wave Rock

A 15 m granite wave frozen mid-break in the Western Australian wheatbelt, streaked in rust and grey, on the flank of a rock older than most continents.

Coordinates: 32°26′37″S 118°53′51″E
Crowds: Quiet
Landscape: Steppe & grassland
Best season: Best in Spring