Stone Mountain

English

The Confederate carving on Stone Mountain. Depicted, from left to right: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson.

Proper noun

Stone Mountain

1. A mountain in Appalachians, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, a quartz monzonite dome monadnock former pluton igneous intrusion, containing the world's largest bas relief, of three Confederate leaders on horseback.
2. Said carving.
3. A city in DeKalb, Georgia, United States. Ellipsis of Stone Mountain Village. Named after the mountain.
4. An unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, surrounding the mountain.
5. A mountain in Descartes Highlands, Moon

Synonyms

• (mountain): Lone Mountain, Crystal Mountain, Rock Fort Mountain, Rock Mountain (former names)
• (Stone Mountain Village): Rock Mountain, New Gibraltar, Shermantown (former names)
• (unincorporated region of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties): Rock Mountain (former name)