List of sea stacks
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The following list enumerates and expands on notable sea stacks, including former sea stacks that no longer exist.
Antarctica[]
- Denais Stack, King George Island
- Cutler Stack, Livingston Island
- Neptune's Bellow, Deception Island
- The Monolith, Buckle Island
Asia[]
- , High Island, Hong Kong
- Tri Brata, Kamchatka, Russia
- Ko Tapu, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
- Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
- Lot's Wife or Sofugan, Japan (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Pigeon's Rock, Lebanon
Australia[]
- Ball's Pyramid, Lord Howe Island Group (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Nobby Islet, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
- The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria
- on Phillip Island, Victoria
- The Totem Pole in Tasmania
Europe[]
(coastal countries only)
Croatia[]
- Cape Kamenjak
Faroe Islands[]
France[]
- Les Aiguilles de Port-Coton, Belle-Île
- L'Aiguille, Étretat, Seine-Maritime
- Les Jumeaux, Hendaye
Germany[]
- Lange Anna on Heligoland
Greece[]
- Megalos Kalogeros
- Mikros Kalogeros
Iceland[]
Ireland[]
- Cnoc na Mara, Donegal[1]
- Branaunmore, Cliffs of Moher, County Clare
- Dún Briste, Ballycastle, County Mayo[2]
- An Searrach, Kinard, Dingle, County Kerry[3]
Isle of Man[]
- Sugarloaf Rock, Isle of Man
Italy[]
- Faraglioni, Capri
- Baia dei Mergoli, Mattinata, southern Italy
- Torre Sant'Andrea, southern Italy
- Acitrezza, Sicily
- Faraglioni, Scopello, Trapani, Sicily
- Isola del Giglio, Tuscany
- Nebida and Masua, Iglesias, south-western Sardinia
- Scoglio dell'Ulivo, Palmi
- Gargano Promontory, Zagare Bay, Apulia
Portugal[]
- Praia da Dona Ana and Ponta da Piedade, Lagos
- Praia da Marinha, Lagoa, Algarve
Russia[]
Spain[]
United Kingdom[]
The Needles, a series of Chalk Stacks extending out from the western end of the Isle of Wight. The Needles are almost directly in line with Old Harry Rocks, another series of Chalk Stacks.
- Am Buachaille, Sutherland, Scotland
- Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, England
- Duncansby Stacks, Caithness, Scotland
- Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire (stack with remains of Pictish hill fort)
- The Needles, Isle of Wight, England
- Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England
- Old Man of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland
- Old Man of Stoer, Scotland
- Rockall, North Atlantic (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Stac an Armin and Stac Lee, St Kilda, Scotland
- Stac Dhomnuill Chaim, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
- Yesnaby Castle, Orkney, Scotland
- South Stack, Anglesey, Wales
North America[]
Canada[]
- The Big Flowerpot, Flowerpot Island, Lake Huron
- Three Sisters, Eatonville, Nova Scotia
- Percé Rock, Percé, Quebec
- Hopewell Rocks, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
- Siwash Rock, Vancouver, British Columbia
Mexico[]
United States[]
- Goat Rock, California
- Turnip Rock, Michigan
- Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon
Oceania[]
Easter Island[]
- Motu Kau Kau, Easter Island[4]
References[]
- ^ Cnoc na Mara
- ^ Downpatrick Head
- ^ [1]
- ^ Boersema, Jan J. (2015) [original Dutch version 2011]. The Survival of Easter Island. Translated by Webb, Diane. Cambridge University Press. p. 31.
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