This page explores the world beyond limits Elephant Rock is a natural basalt formation located on Heimaey Island in Iceland’s Westman Islands, off the country’s southern coast. The rock looks like an elephant lowering its trunk into the ocean, a shape created entirely by volcanic activity and erosion. The formation is made of dark basalt lava, which cooled rapidly when it met the sea. Over thousands of years, strong North Atlantic waves and wind carved the surface, giving it a texture that even