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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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Hughes Reef

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Inchcape

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Indispensable Reefs

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John Brewer Reef

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Johnson South Reef

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Kenn Reef

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Kriegers Flak

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Ladd Reef

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Lighthouse Reef

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Lindsay Reef

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Louisa Reef

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Mapia Atoll

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Margaret Brock Reef

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Mariveles Reef

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Merkanti Reef

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Mexico Rocks

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Minots Ledge

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Mischief Reef

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Montgomery Reef

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Morrell Reef

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Natural arch

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Ningaloo Coast

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Norman's Woe

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North Danger Reef

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Okinotori

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Osprey Reef

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Parangcho

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Penfield Reef

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Perce Rock

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Peros Banhos

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Petra tou Romiou (Aphrodite's Rock)

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Portland Reef

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Quita Sueño Bank

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Rainbow Reef

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Rauk

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Reef

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Reef Islands

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Reef Knoll

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Røst Reef

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Rowley Shoals

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Sandy Cay (South China Sea)

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Sarn Badrig

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Scarborough Shoal

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Scorpion Reef

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Sea Arch

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Sea Stack

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Second Thomas Shoal

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Serranilla Bank

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Seven Stones Reef

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Shaʽb Abu Nuħas

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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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