Elephant Rock, Hartlepool

{{Short description|Former rock formation in England}}

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Elephant Rock was a rock formation at Hartlepool, England, shaped like an elephant which only existed for a few decades, being washed away by a storm in 1891.{{Cite episode |title= Hartlepool to Whitby |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dy0f4 |accessdate= 2012-03-22 |series= Britain's First Photo Album |network= BBC |airdate=2012-03-22 |series-no= 1 |number= 9 }}

It was created partially as a result of limestone quarrying of the sea cliff. A popular tourist attraction, it was painted in 1850 by J.S. Holmes{{cite web|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/tv-show-to-feature-elephant-rock-attraction-1-4362640|title=TV show to feature Elephant Rock attraction|work=Hartlepool Mail|accessdate=22 March 2012}} and photographed by a team working for Francis Frith in 1886.