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[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[edit]
France[edit]
- Les Aiguilles de Port-Coton, Belle-Île
- L'Aiguille, Étretat, Seine-Maritime
- Les Jumeaux, Hendaye
Germany[edit]
Greece[edit]
- Megalos Kalogeros
- Mikros Kalogeros
Iceland[edit]
Ireland[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[edit]
Spain[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
Mellor (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[edit]
Scotland[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[edit]
Canada[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[edit]
United States[edit]
- Goat Rock, California
- Turnip Rock, Michigan
- Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon
- Haystack Rock (Chief Kiwanda Rock), Pacific City, Oregon
Oceania[edit]
Easter 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.