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All Coastal and Reef Features

Sea stacks, coastal cliffs, wave-cut platforms, reefs and related shoreline features shaped by marine and wave erosion, following the coastal erosional landform class of standard geomorphology. Includes named sea stacks (Twelve Apostles, Durdle Door, Perce Rock), wave-cut platforms and sea cliffs, and reefs and ledges lying offshore. Belongs here: any formation whose defining shape comes from the erosive action of waves and tides at a coastline. Does not belong here: a whole island or archipelago treated as a landmass in its own right (Islands and Archipelagos), or an inland karst or fluvial feature that happens to lie near a coast. This subcategory holds entries flagged as likely mis-filed under Geological Formations rather than a coastal or marine category; they may be relocated after review, but each now has a real, correctly named home rather than sitting inside a catch-all erosional bucket.

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Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, such as that caused by waves. 1
All Coastal and Reef Features
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Abrolhos Archipelago

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Antelope Reef

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Apo Reef

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Ardasier Reef

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Arlington Reef

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Bajo Nuevo Bank

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Banc du Geyser

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Barque Canada Reef

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Barrett Reef

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Batt Reef

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Bay

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Belize Barrier Reef

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Beveridge Reef

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Blenheim Reef

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Bligh Reef

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Bocas del Toro Archipelago

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Bombora

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Breaker Reef

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Capricorn and Bunker Group

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Carondelet Reef

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Cato Reef

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Che Lei Pai

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Collins Reef

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Colvocoresses Reef

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Commodore Reef

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Coral Reef

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Cornwallis South Reef

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Cribbar

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Cuarteron Reef

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Cuban Ledge

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Daedalus Reef

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Dallas Reef

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Danajon Bank

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Discovery Great Reef

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Egmont Islands

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Eldad Reef

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Elizabeth Reef

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Elphinstone Reef

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Endeavour Reef

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Frederick Reefs

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Fringing Reef

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Gaven Reefs

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Geo (landform)

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Glover's Reef

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Great Astrolabe Reef

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Great Barrier Reef

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Hau Tsz Kok Pai

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Hebe Reef

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Horns Rev

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Houtman Abrolhos

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1. Wikipedia: Coast
WikipediaCoast, lead section, second sentence
Quote, Coast, lead section, second sentence
Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, such as that caused by waves.
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