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The following list enumerates and expands on notable sea stacks, including former sea stacks that no longer exist.
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Antarctica
edit- Denais Stack, King George Island
- Cutler Stack, Livingston Island
- Neptune's Bellow, Deception Island
- The Monolith, Buckle Island
Asia
edit- Po Pin Chau, 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
edit- 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
edit(coastal countries only)
Croatia
edit- Cape Kamenjak
Faroe Islands
editFrance
edit- Les Aiguilles de Port-Coton, Belle-Île
- L'Aiguille, Étretat, Seine-Maritime
- Les Jumeaux, Hendaye
Germany
editGreece
edit- Megalos Kalogeros
- Mikros Kalogeros
Iceland
editIreland
edit- Cnoc na Mara, Donegal
- Branaunmore, County Clare
- Dún Briste, Ballycastle, County Mayo
- An Searrach, Kinard, Dingle, County Kerry
Isle of Man
edit- Sugarloaf Rock, Isle of Man
Italy
edit- 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
edit- Praia da Dona Ana and Ponta da Piedade, Lagos
- Praia da Marinha, Lagoa, Algarve
Russia
editSpain
editUnited Kingdom
editMellor (2020) lists 70 stacks in England, 10 in Wales and 275 in Scotland of which circa 110 are located around the coasts of Shetland.[1]
England
edit- Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, England
- The Needles, Isle of Wight, England
- Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England
Wales
editScotland
edit- Am Buachaille, Sutherland
- Duncansby Stacks, Caithness
- Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire (stack with remains of Pictish hill fort)
- Old Man of Hoy, Orkney
- Old Man of Stoer, Sutherland
- Rockall, North Atlantic (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Stac an Armin and Stac Lee, St Kilda
- Stac Dhomnuill Chaim, Lewis
- Yesnaby Castle, Orkney
North America
editCanada
edit- 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
editUnited States
editOceania
editEaster Island
edit- Motu Kau Kau, Easter Island[2]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Mellor 2020, pp. 5–6.
- ^ Boersema 2015, p. 31.
References
edit- Boersema, Jan J. (2015) [original Dutch version 2011]. The Survival of Easter Island. Translated by Webb, Diane. Cambridge University Press.
- Mellor, Chris (Jan 2020). "An illustrated guide to sea stack climbing in the UK & Ireland" (PDF). needlesports. Retrieved 23 Jan 2021.