She is said to dwell in a filthy, bone-strewn cave halfway up a bleak mountain of desolate black rock.

Even now, some radiation remained in the desolate rock.

The two islands - the tops of worn-down volcanoes - are barren, desolate rocks with huge breakers dashing up against them.

Not even a mouse could hide down there on that desolate rock.

Standing on top of that desolate rock was a black tower, its walls smooth and windowless.

Yes, there it was in the distance, a desolate, lonely rock, where nobody ever went to nowadays.

There are no other islands within a hundred leagues, either north or south, excepting a few desolate rocks and small atolls.

A chill seized me at the thought of ending my days on so desolate a rock as this.

Alcatraz, a desolate rock cluttered with ancient buildings, a water tower prominent, lay dead ahead.

Mr. Wood looks at the desolate rocks around him and adds softly, "I'll bet they were."