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Marine Erosion Landform
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A Statuary of¡¡a Queen's Head

A Statuary of A Queen's Head Photo: Yang Yichou
Time: June, 2001
Site: Headland rocks of Yehliu, northern coast of Taiwan
Height: By the sea
Brief Introduction: At the Yehliu Peninsula, northern coast of Taiwan,headland rocks at the base of a monoclinal form a lot of mushroom-like landforms under the condition of repeated erosion by waves. This is the world-famous marine erosion landform at the Yeliu Peninsula, northern coast of Taiwan. It looks like a queen¡¯s head (or a beauty¡¯s head).

 
     
 
2007 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS.