List of sea stacks
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The following list enumerates and expands on notable sea stacks, including former sea stacks that no longer exist.
Antarctica
- Denais Stack, King George Island
- Cutler Stack, Livingston Island
- Neptune's Bellow, Deception Island
- The Monolith, Buckle Island
- Shag Rocks (South Georgia)
- Black Rock, South Georgia
Asia
- Po Pin Chau, High Island, Hong Kong
- Tri Brata, Kamchatka, Russia
- Ko Tapu, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
- Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
- Lot's Wife or Sofugan, Japan (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Pigeon's Rock, Raouché Lebanon
Australia
- Ball's Pyramid, Lord Howe Island Group (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Nobby Islet, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
- The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria
- The Nobbies on Phillip Island, Victoria
- The Totem Pole in Tasmania
- London Bridge (Victoria)
- Gibson Steps
- Loch Ard Gorge
- The Grotto, Victoria
Europe
(coastal countries only)
Croatia
- Cape Kamenjak
Faroe Islands
France
- Les Aiguilles de Port-Coton, Belle-Île
- L'Aiguille, Étretat, Seine-Maritime
- Les Jumeaux, Hendaye
Germany
Greece
- Megalos Kalogeros
- Mikros Kalogeros
Iceland
Ireland
- Cnoc na Mara, Donegal
- Branaunmore, County Clare
- Dún Briste, Ballycastle, County Mayo
- An Searrach, Kinard, Dingle, County Kerry
Isle of Man
- Sugarloaf Rock, Isle of Man
Italy
- Faraglioni, Capri
- Baia dei Mergoli, Mattinata, southern Italy
- Torre Sant'Andrea, southern Italy
- Acitrezza, Sicily
- Faraglioni, Scopello, Trapani, Sicily
- Isola del Giglio, Tuscany
- Nebida and Masua, Iglesias, south-western Sardinia
- Scoglio dell'Ulivo, Palmi
- Gargano Promontory, Zagare Bay, Apulia
Portugal
- Praia da Dona Ana and Ponta da Piedade, Lagos
- Praia da Marinha, Lagoa, Algarve
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Mellor (2020) lists 70 stacks in England, 10 in Wales and 275 in Scotland of which c. 110 are located around the coasts of Shetland.[1]
England
- Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall
- The Needles, Isle of Wight
- Old Harry Rocks, Dorset
- The Pinnacle, Dorset
- Little Pinnacle, Dorset
Wales
Scotland
- Am Buachaille, Sutherland
- Duncansby Stacks, Caithness
- Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire (stack with remains of Pictish hill fort)
- Old Man of Hoy, Orkney
- Old Man of Stoer, Sutherland
- Rockall, North Atlantic (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
- Stac an Armin and Stac Lee, St Kilda
- Stac Dhomnuill Chaim, Lewis
- Yesnaby Castle, Orkney
North America
Canada
- The Big Flowerpot, Flowerpot Island, Lake Huron
- Three Sisters, Eatonville, Nova Scotia
- Percé Rock, Percé, Quebec
- Hopewell Rocks, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
- Pokeshaw Rock, Pokeshaw, New Brunswick
- Siwash Rock, Vancouver, British Columbia
Caribbean
● Redonda
Mexico
United States
- Goat Rock, California
- Turnip Rock, Michigan
- Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon
- Haystack Rock (Chief Kiwanda Rock), Pacific City, Oregon
Oceania
Easter Island
- Motu Kau Kau, Easter Island[2]