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Yehliu

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Yehliu is a cape and headland in the Wanli District of New Taipei, Taiwan, reaching about 1,700 meters out into the ocean. It formed roughly six million years ago from the collision of the Philippine Sea and Eurasian plates, and centuries of pounding surf have worn the cape softer sedimentary rock layers away faster than its harder layers, leaving behind top heavy hoodoo formations such as Fairy Shoe and Candlestick Rock. Its best known feature, the four thousand year old Queen's Head, is named for its resemblance to Queen Elizabeth I and draws about three million visitors a year, though its narrowing neck has visibly worsened from erosion since 2017. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Yehliu (Chinese: 野柳; pinyin: Yěliǔ), also referred to as Yehliu Promontory, is a cape, headland, and promontory in Wanli District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
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  • In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead paragraph
    Yehliu (Chinese: 野柳; pinyin: Yěliǔ), also referred to as Yehliu Promontory, is a cape, headland, and promontory in Wanli District, New Taipei, Taiwan
  • Caused By: Plate Tectonics, Lead sentence
    It was formed six million years ago, after the collision of the Philippine Sea plate and Eurasian plate; tectonics then pushed the Datun Mountains out of the sea.
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