Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall (16 m) freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States. The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park and is depicted on Utah license plates and a postage stamp commemorating Utah's centennial anniversary of admission to the Union in 1886. The Olympic torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics passed through the arch.
View of the Delicate Arch at sunset, August 2005
Delicate Arch and adjacent large panhole at sunset, February 2011
A natural arch, natural bridge, or rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath. Natural arches commonly form where inland cliffs, coastal cliffs, fins or stacks are subject to erosion from the sea, rivers or weathering.
Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, United States
The Great Arch, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia
The Azure Window, Malta, which collapsed in 2017
Metate Arch, Devils Garden (GSENM), a very thin arch near the end of its life