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SEA STACK AND SEA ARCH

DESCRIPTION: Sea Stacks form when headlands are attacked due to wave refraction and rock masses are isolated. When holes on either side of a headland (or stack) meet, they create a Sea Arch.

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Figure 1 - Sea Stack with an Arch found off the coast of Nova Scotia (Photo 1974)

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