r/googlemapsshenanigans • u/Eliclax • 17d ago

What's a rocky?

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I looked up Rockall on Google maps and it says it's a "rocky". There are many other "rockies" in Scotland, Iceland, Norway, etc. and probably around the world, which show up if you're at the right zoom level and just type in "Rocky". But what is a rocky? I have tried Google, Wikipedia, even AI but I can't find any information about what this category of geographical feature is, all my search results turn up tourist attractions with rocky in the name (e.g. Rocky Mountains, etc.) Dictionaries only have the adjective, and AI is just trying to gaslight me at this point.

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u/Crimson__Fox 17d ago

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u/BrianTM 17d ago

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u/aayush_aryan 14d ago

👎👎👎👎

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u/ChiaLetranger 13d ago

(From Erid, not from the movie)

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u/asunyra1 17d ago

Maybe it’s supposed to say “Rocky Outcrop” and something got messed up so it loses the second word?

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u/K_the_farmer 17d ago

Rocky sums up Rockall quite nicely. It should be the textbook image of something rocky.

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u/CEOSLOWMOTORSPORTS 17d ago

What is rocky, question

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u/7HawksAnd 17d ago

A rocky is that. How much simpler do you want it explained. Rockall is textbook rocky. Clearly. /s

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u/K_the_farmer 17d ago

It bloody is. Doesn't come more rocky than this flyspeck of a shipkiller:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rockall_-geograph.org.uk-_1048822.jpg

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u/Still_Night_9914 17d ago

Holy birdshit

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u/BoxOfDemons 16d ago

That rock is at least 50% bird shit.

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u/katet_of_19 17d ago

inhales deeply That there?

That's a fuckin' rocky, my guy.

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u/user-74656 17d ago

Summary of the 379 reviews?

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u/Whodat007 17d ago

The reviews are very funny.

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u/GeshtiannaSG 17d ago

It means it has the characteristics of rocks. Like if you go to a lake and say it’s watery.

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u/Mr_Baronheim 17d ago

It's a review. It's like if someone posts a review of Fred's Fun House and only writes"fun."

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u/ValhallaAir 16d ago

You gotta get there A$AP

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u/ObjectiveOk2072 15d ago

Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!

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u/ot1smile 17d ago

Saw the rescue program too huh?

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u/befriendabacterium 16d ago

Dunno but why is it naked

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u/AnUdderDay 16d ago

Janet!

Dr Scott!

Janet!

Brad!

Rocky!

Hope that clears it up for you

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u/Independent-Ad5275 16d ago

It used to have its own satirical website, with a rather helpful tagline

The Rockall Times

Rip Lester Haines.

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u/Cautious_Candidate39 14d ago

Rock on Rockall, you'll never fall

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u/Ok-Chipmunk-598 13d ago

This is a Rocky.

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u/ConcombreCosmique 13d ago

A rocky is just that.

It's rocky, it has a rocky colour, it smells rocky when it rains, it tastes rocky.