Duckbill (rock formation)

Duckbill was a sandstone hoodoo, a tall thin rock spire, at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area in Tillamook County, Oregon, standing about 12 meters high and a well known photographed landmark on the Oregon Coast. It was toppled on August 29, 2016 by a group of teenagers who pushed it over despite a fence and warning signs requiring them to deliberately move aside barriers to reach it; the vandals were never identified, though they claimed afterward to have removed a safety hazard. As with other hoodoos, it stood as an erosional remnant of the surrounding sandstone, left standing after softer material around it wore away, though the specific stages of its own formation are not detailed in available sources. Its destruction ended its role as one of the coast's most visited natural landmarks.