C o a s t a l f e a t u r e s

Sea Stack a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast.

Rockplatform

the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by the action of waves.

B e a c hoccur along coastal areas where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments.

B a y

an area of water mostly surrounded by land.

L a g o o na body of shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the sea by some form of barrier.

T id a lin le t

is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, with a free connection to the open sea.

S a n d d u n e sis a hill of sand built by aeolian processes (the winds ability to shape the Earth’s surface).

S e a c a v e

a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion.

Arch where a rock arch forms, with an opening underneath.

B lo w h o leis formed as sea caves grow landwards and upwards into vertical shafts and expose themselves towards the surface