Black Rock facts for kids

Black Rock, Blackrock or Black Rocks may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• South Black Rock (Tasmania), small island off north-west Tasmania
• Black Rock, South Australia, a hamlet on the Black Rock Plains at the intersections of the roads connecting Peterborough, Jamestown and Orroroo, in the States mid-north

Canada

• Blackrock Mountain, Alberta
• Black Rock, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
• Black Rock, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Black Rock, Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Black Rock, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
• The Black Rock, a monument to Irish typhoid victims in Montreal

China

• Black Rock Peak, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province

Ireland

• Blackrock, Cork, suburb of Cork city
• Blackrock, Dublin, southern coastal suburb of Dublin city
  • Blackrock railway station, a railway station serving the above suburb
• Black Rock, Co. Limerick, one of the Ballyhoura Mountains
• Blackrock, County Louth, seaside village
• Blackrock Island, County Mayo, A rocky islet 12 miles west of Blacksod Bay
• Black Rock Mountain, County Wexford

South Georgia, (Southern Atlantic)

• Black Rock, South Georgia, a low rock 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Shag Rocks
• Black Rocks, South Georgia, a small group of rocks 0.5 miles (0.8 km) southeast of Framnaes Point

Saint Kitts

• Black Rocks (Saint Kitts), a notable rock formation on the northeastern coast of the island

United Kingdom

• Black Rock (Brighton and Hove), an area near Brighton Marina
• Black Rocks (Derbyshire), England
• Black Rock Gorge, through which the Allt Graad flows in Scotland
• Black Rock crossing of the River Severn, at Portskewett, Monmouthshire

United States

(ordered by state)

• Black Rock, Arkansas, city in Lawrence County
• Black Rock, Arizona, wilderness area of northwest Arizona
• Blackrock, California, community in Inyo County
• Black Rocks (Riverside County), a geological feature in the Temescal Mountains
• Black Rock Falls, waterfall in Uvas Canyon County Park, near Morgan Hill, California
• Black Rock (Bridgeport), Connecticut, a neighborhood
  • Black Rock Harbor, adjacent harbor
• Black Rock State Park, near Watertown, Connecticut
• Black Rock Turnpike, a name for Connecticut State Route 58 in southwestern Connecticut
• Black Rock Mountain State Park, near Mountain City, Georgia
• Black Rock, Indiana, an extinct community in Warren County
• Black Rock, a pillar in Montana
• Black Rock Desert, region of northwestern Nevada
• Black Rock, New Mexico, a census-designated place in northwestern New Mexico
• Black Rock Forest, nature preserve in the Hudson highlands of Orange County New York
• Black Rock, Buffalo, former town and now a neighborhood
• Black Rock, Oregon, community in Polk County
• Blackrock, Pennsylvania
• Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, a ghost town
• Black Rock Desert volcanic field, Utah
• Black Rock (West Virginia), a mountain

Buildings and structures

• Black Rock Airport, New Mexico
• Blackrock Castle, in Blackrock, Cork
• Blackrock Clinic, in Blackrock, Dublin
• Black Rock Dam (Schuylkill River), Pennsylvania
• Blackrock railway station, in Blackrock, Dublin
• Black Rock Halt railway station, near Criccieth, Wales; closed in 1976
• Black Rock, nickname for the CBS Building in New York City
• Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence in Mecca
• Lapis Niger (Latin: "Black Stone"), ancient shrine in Rome
• The Black Rock, a memorial to Irish typhus victims in Goose Village, Montreal
• The BlackRock Center for the Arts, in Germantown, Maryland

Fiction

• • Blackrock (film), 1997 Australian film based on the play
• Black Rock (2012 film), a 2012 film starring Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, and Kate Bosworth
• Black Rock Shooter, a Japanese media franchise
• Blackrock (comics), adversary of Superman's in DC Comics
• G. B. Blackrock, character in the Transformers comic book series
• Black Rock, a ship on the TV show Lost
• Blackrock clan from the fantasy universe of the Warcraft series
• Blackrock Mountain, a mountain in the Warcraft universe, mostly seen in World of Warcraft

Other uses

• An alternative name for psychedelic soul
• Black Rock (band), dance production duo from France
• Blakroc, a 2009 collaboration project between the band The Black Keys and a number of hiphop and R&B artists
• Black Rock (hen), variety of domestic chicken
• Blackrock (geology), type of limestone
• Black Rock (James Blood Ulmer album), 1982
• Black Rock (Joe Bonamassa album), 2010
• Blackrock Rugby Festival, a schools' rugby festival hosted by St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya

See also

In Spanish: Black Rock para niños

• Black Hill (disambiguation)
• Black Hills (disambiguation)
• Black metal
• Black Mountain (disambiguation)
• Black Mountains (disambiguation)
• Black Stone (disambiguation)
• Blackstone (disambiguation)
• Blackstones (disambiguation)
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