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Columnar cape and forest, Kunashir Island, Russia #234903082
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Columnar cape is composed of layers of basalt lavas of the Mendeleev volcano with a well-defined columnar separateness in the form of five- and hexagonal columns. As a result of wave erosion, an array of volcanic rocks is gradually destroyed, as a result of which the cape is a picturesque sheer cliffs up to 40-50 m high, jutting into the Kunashir Strait with several protrusions. Gradually, the rocks are destroyed, forming at the foot of the scree of stone `pillars`