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    In geology, a blowhole or marine geyser is formed as sea caves grow landward and upward into vertical shafts and expose themselves toward the surface...
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  • of a whale's or other cetacean's head Blowhole (geology), a hole at the inland end of a sea cave Kiama Blowhole in Kiama, Australia The Blow Hole, a marine...
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    Hālona Blowhole is a rock formation and a blowhole on the island of Oahu, Hawaii off of Hanauma Bay at Hālona Point overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In...
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    The Pancake Rocks and Blowholes are a coastal rock formation at Punakaiki on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. They are a popular visitor...
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    kilometers long, reaching as far as the town of Lamballe. Geology portal Blowhole (geology) Ridel, Elisabeth, Les Vikings et les mots : L'apport de l'ancien...
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    Blowhole Cave is a cave in Utah County, Utah, United States to the west of Utah Lake. The cave is owned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands...
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    Kynance Cove (category Blowholes)
    of the Devil's bellows a blowhole on Asparagus Island which was caused by the sea tunnelling along a fault. A second blowhole, the Post Office is so named...
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    Hummanaya (category Blowholes)
    Hummanaya Blowhole is the only known blowhole in Sri Lanka and it is considered to be the second largest blowhole in the world. Hummanaya (Sinhala: හුම්මානය...
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    Yesnaby (category Geological type localities of Scotland)
    spectacular Old Red Sandstone coastal cliff scenery which includes sea stacks, blowholes, geos and frequently boiling seas. A car park, coastal trail and interpretive...
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    Wave-swept or wave-deposited ridge running parallel to a shoreline Blowhole (geology) – Hole at the top of a sea-cave which allows waves to force water...
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    Asparagus Island (category Blowholes)
    the Devil's bellows – a blowhole on Asparagus Island, which was caused by the sea tunnelling along a fault. A second blowhole, the Post Office, is so...
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    Blackcomb in 2007, ski run featured View of Blackcomb Glacier from the "Blowhole" entrance to Blackcomb Glacier Provincial Park. Spearhead Mtn in foreground...
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    eruption completely changed its shape. A fumarole known as the Devil's Blowhole in the northern wall of Echo Crater also disappeared in that event. The...
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    galena mine), SS8691274277. Deep fissures in the Limestone pavement create blowholes. Overlying this are layers of Sutton Stone outcrops, and thinner banded...
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    coast black sand (iron sand) surf beaches. The area to the south has blowholes. Whites Beach, is to the north of Piha, and to the south is Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto...
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    Vjetrenica Cave (category Blowholes)
    Cyrillic: Вјетреница, pronounced [ʋjɛtrɛ̌nitsa]; lit. 'wind cave' or 'blowhole') is the largest cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most biodiverse...
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    Horse of Copinsay (category Blowholes)
    The Horse of Copinsay, also known as the Horse, is a rectangular uninhabited sea stack to the north east of Copinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The...
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    sea arches, sea caves, stacks, wave-cut platforms, surge channels, and blowholes. West Anacapa is the largest and highest islet, rising to an altitude...
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    also stacks, natural arches and blowholes. The site is identified as being of international importance in the Geological Conservation Review. Seabirds such...
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    and showmanship. Breathing involves expelling stale air from their one blowhole, forming an upward, steamy spout, followed by inhaling fresh air into the...
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  • List of karst areas (category Geology-related lists)
    (region) of Bosnia and Herzegovina Vjetrenica (which means "wind cave" or "blowhole"), largest and most important cave Neretva river Trebisnjica river Central...
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    South Beach is 'The Gap', which at low tide provides another lagoon and a blowhole. Piha was the birthplace of New Zealand board riding in 1958, and has been...
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    Trevone (category Blowholes)
    Pentonwarra Point and Conodont fossils on Marble Cliff. The 'Sink Hole', a large blowhole formed by a collapsed sea cave, can be seen on a sloping field above the...
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    soil and rock Bioerosion – Erosion of hard substrates by living organisms Blowhole – Hole at the top of a sea-cave which allows waves to force water or spray...
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  • Glossary of landforms (category Geology-related lists)
    concave bend or curve in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature Blowhole – Hole at the top of a sea-cave which allows waves to force water or spray...
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  • List of lava tubes (category Cave geology)
    Cave – Oregon El Malpais National Monument, in western New Mexico Hālona Blowhole Kaumana Cave – Hawaii Kazumura Cave, Hawaii – Not only the world's most...
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    are coral steps which lead down through an opening in the roof (former blowhole) into the cave, these steps were built in 1912. Inside the cave, still...
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    Wupatki National Monument (category Blowholes)
    northernmost example of this kind of structure. This site also contains a geological blowhole, from which wind escapes from a cave system. Other major sites are...
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    electoral district of Palauli 1. The population is 785. Geological formations have created the Taga blowholes on the coast. "Electoral Constituencies Act 2019"...
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    i Palauli (Vailoa in Palauli district). Geological formations of lava tubes have created the Taga Blowholes on the coast of Taga village and attracts...
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