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Location also known as Punakaike. Notice the layered/striate form of the rocks in this and the related images. This is apparently due to alternate layers of sedimentary and other (limestone?) rocks being laid down and then being eroded later at different rates. Taken 9 Dec 2000.
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(Earth Views): New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 1 MB.jpg
D=2001-02-04 [Feb 4, 2001]; S=179kB, 1040x738; T=JPEG image [MIME:image/jpeg];
L=Estd:g:171.315E,42.1167S{+/-0.2,0.2}
Rating: 65/100.
Key: D= file date of exhibit; S= size in bytes, XxY pixels, etc; T= type of exhibit; L= location/time or viewpoint of exhibit (if known).
- new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda = Official NZ government site. Adjective sometimes "Kiwi" or "antipodean".
- new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki" = The South Island is more temperate than the North Island, with gently rolling hills and pastures in the east, and mountains, glaciers and fjords in the west.
- new zealand south island west coast = Known for the Alpine splendour of mountains, glaciers and fjords.
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 | ![[has location information]](http://85.158.46.82/_static/icon/E.gif){kind=icon} New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 1 MB.jpg (Earth Views)Location also known as Punakaike. Notice the layered/striate form of the rocks in this and the related images. This is apparently due to alternate layers of sedimentary and other (limestone?) rocks being laid down and then being eroded later at different rates. Taken 9 Dec 2000. |
 | New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes tweaked 1 MB.jpg (Earth Views) " |
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