Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a
sculpture carved into the
granite face of Mount Rushmore near
Keystone,
South Dakota, in the
United States. Sculpted by
Gutzon Borglum and later by his son
Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former
United States presidents (in order from left to right)
George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson,
Theodore Roosevelt and
Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.
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