Usage patterns
〈場所〉の岩を登るto climb a rock (face)
They climbed the steep rocks aiming for the summit.
岩に座るto sit on a rock
Tired, I sat on a big rock and rested.
岩がそびえるfor a crag/rock to loom or tower
A huge crag towered over the coast.
岩を削るto carve or erode rock
The waves eroded the rock over many years.
Expressions
涓滴岩を穿つslow but steady wins the race; constant dripping wears away a stone