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New Zealand South Island west coast Pancake Rocks and blowholes 1 MB.jpg
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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.

• new zealand = .nz, NZ, Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud", Neuseeland, Nouvelle-Zélande, Nueva Zelanda, Nueva Zelandia, Nova Zelândia, Nuova Zelanda
• new zealand south island = Te Waka o Aoraki, "The Canoe of Aoraki"

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