{"id":14261,"date":"2026-02-11T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14261"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T09:46:27","slug":"gilbert-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gilbert-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gilbert Hill Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Anand Mahindra highlighted Gilbert Hill in a recent post, curiosity around the Mumbai landmark has surged.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gilbert Hill<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>200-foot <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(61 meters) <\/span><b>monolith column of black basalt rock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in <\/span><b>Andheri, Mumbai Suburban<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Maharashtra.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hill has a <\/span><b>sheer vertical face<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is <\/span><b>one of the oldest basalt rock formations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>shaped <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">millions of years ago, during the <\/span><b>Mesozoic era<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, about <\/span><b>66 million years ago, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when <\/span><b>molten lava emerged<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the <\/span><b>Earth&#8217;s crevices.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the <\/span><b>same geological period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that marked the <\/span><b>end of the dinosaur age.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formed during massive <\/span><b>volcanic eruptions that created the Deccan Traps,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the structure is a rare example of a volcanic column.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to geological records,<\/span><b> only three such columnar basalt formations exist<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world. The other two are\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Devil\u2019s Tower (USA)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Giant\u2019s Causeway (Northern Ireland)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was declared a <\/span><b>National Park<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 1952, while the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation categorised it as a Grade II <\/span><b>heritage structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arguably the <\/span><b>oldest heritage site in the country in its original form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Gilbert Hill has a <\/span><b>few temples and a small garden atop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These are accessed by a steep staircase carved into the rock.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/travel\/anand-mahindras-latest-post-sparks-interest-in-mumbais-hidden-gem-gilbert-hill-10973534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Hill is a 200-foot (61 meters) monolith column of black basalt rock located in Andheri, Mumbai Suburban, Maharashtra. 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