Two unique sea stacks of about 7 - 8 m sit on the wavecut platform located on the southeastern tip of the island 在小岛东南端的海蚀平台上,有两座约七至八米高、形状独特的海蚀柱。
These sandstone - and - conglomerate sea stacks were spared during the glacial sweep of the last ice age , but bear the effects of centuries of tidal erosion 这些砂岩和聚成球形的海蚀柱是在最后冰河时代延伸冰期剩下的,而且承受了数世纪海潮腐蚀的效果。
These sandstone - and - conglomerate sea stacks were spared during the glacial sweep of the last ice age , but bear the effects of centuries of tidal erosion 这些沙岩和砾石形成的海蚀柱是在冰河世纪后期冰川肆虐的时候残存下来的,并且呈现出历经数世纪海潮侵蚀的沧桑之貌。
The story goes that an axe fell from heaven cutting a clean section out of the coastline . in actuality , this is a natural phenomenon called a sea stack , and is the result of erosion by the sea over thousands of years 斩颈洲是东平洲的著名胜景,地质学上称海蚀柱,是受到海浪长期持续的侵蚀而形成,像被天斧砍伐而破开。