Freestanding and cliff-edge rock arches and natural bridges, openings worn through sandstone, limestone or granite by weathering, wave action and running water. A landform belongs here when its cited article describes it as a natural arch or rock arch. It excludes sea stacks, which stand apart from the cliff, and rock pillars, which have no opening. Arches are short-lived on a geological scale, since the rock span thins and eventually falls, so each is placed by the form its article names rather than by its fame as a landmark.
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Delicate Arch (Wikipedia)
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Delicate Arch is a 52-foot-tall (16 m) freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States.
Durdle Door (Wikipedia)
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Durdle Door (sometimes written Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England.
Landscape Arch (Wikipedia)
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Landscape Arch is a natural arch in Arches National Park, Utah, United States.
Arch of Cabo San Lucas (Wikipedia)
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The arch of Cabo San Lucas is a distinctive granitic rock formation at the southern tip of Cabo San Lucas, which is itself the extreme southern end of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.
Bogenfels (Wikipedia)
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Bogenfels is a location in the coastal Namib Desert of Namibia, noted for its natural rock formations (hence the name, which means "arch rock" in German). The main formation is a 55-metre (180 ft) high rock arch close to the coast.
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