Earth:List of sea stacks

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Old Man of Hoy, Scotland

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

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
  • The Nobbies 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

Greece

  • Megalos Kalogeros
  • Mikros Kalogeros

Iceland

Ireland

  • Cnoc na Mara, Donegal
  • Branaunmore, County Clare
  • Dún Briste, Ballycastle, County Mayo
  • An Searrach, Kinard, Dingle, County Kerry

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

Mexico

  • Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

United States

Oceania

Easter Island

  • Motu Kau Kau, Easter Island[1]

References

  1. Boersema, Jan J. (2015) [original Dutch version 2011]. The Survival of Easter Island. Cambridge University Press. pp. 31.