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Early Bronze Age flint arrowheads.
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Das Cabo Girão (port. Kap der Umkehr) ist eine Steilklippe im Süden Madeiras in der Nähe der Ortschaft Câmara de Lobos. Seine Höhe wird mit 560 bis 589 m angegeben, damit ist es eine der höchsten Steilklippen der Europäischen Union.
Unterhalb der Klippe sowie am unteren Teil des Hanges existieren Terrassenfelder.
Die Felder am Fuße der Klippe waren früher nur mit dem Boot zu erreichen, seit August 2003 gibt es eine Seilbahn am Hang, die ursprünglich angelegt wurde, um den Bauern die Feldarbeit zu erleichtern.
Bei Touristen ist das Cabo Girão als Aussichtspunkt und Startpunkt für Paraglider beliebt.
Located on the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument includes the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The Monument borders Kaibab National Forest to the west and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the east.
This remote and unspoiled, 280,000-acre Monument is a geologic treasure, containing a variety of diverse landscapes from the Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, and Paria Canyon. Elevations range from 3,100 to 7,100 feet.
Visitors will enjoy scenic views of towering cliffs and deep canyons. Paria Canyon offers an outstanding three to five day wilderness backpacking experience. The colorful swirls of cross-bedded sandstone in Coyote Buttes are an international hiking destination. There are also opportunities to view wildlife, including California condors. There are two developed campgrounds just outside the Monument: Stateline and White House. Dispersed camping is allowed outside the wilderness area in previously disturbed areas.
A permit is required for hiking in Coyote Buttes North (the Wave), Coyote Buttes South, and for overnight trips within Paria Canyon.
Learn more at: www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/natmon/vermil...
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM California
Some rocks at the edge of the cliff at the Butt of Lewis, with the opposite cliff face in the background.
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort “Mothar” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.
The Cliffs of Moher are home to one of the major colonies of cliff nesting seabirds in Ireland. The area was designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for Birds under the EU Birds Directive in 1986 and as a Refuge for Fauna in 1988. Included within the designated site are the cliffs, the cliff-top maritime grassland and heath, and a 200 metre zone of open water, directly in front of the cliffs to protect part of the birds' feeding area. The designation covers 200 hectares and highlights the area's importance for wildlife.
Monfragüe is a comarca (a county with no official role) that contains one of the country's fifteen National Parks. The park, recognised by UNESCO as a 'Biosphere Reserve' in 2003, is centred on the tiny hamlet of Villareal de San Carlos, about 25km south-east of the nearest big city, Plasencia and 50km due north of Trujillo. The park area stretches from east to west along the valley of the River Tagus and includes a long mountainous ridge, which the river has cut through, creating on the western side an impressive rock face, the Penafalcon. On the eastern side are the ruins of the 9th century 'Castillo de Monfragüe', from where there are sweeping views of the river and surrounding montains. The River Tietar enters the park from the north-east and joins the Tagus just to the east of Penafalcon. Monfragüe is an outstanding site for raptors, with more than 15 regular breeding species, including the world's largest breeding concentration of Eurasian Black Vulture, a large population of Griffon Vulture, and several pairs of Spanish Imperial Eagle, Golden Eagle and Bonelli's Eagle. Other breeding birds for which the park is important are Black Stork and Eurasian Eagle Owl and there is a high density of Azure-winged Magpie. It is also one of the few locations in Europe where White-rumped Swift breed. The crags and cliffs on the north side of the river, midway through the park, are particularly good locations to watch the raptors and/or take photographs of the stunning rock formations. Throughout the park there are plenty of well signposted miradors and well-maintained hides to make the "birding" experience that much more rewarding. As a destination for walkers and hikers, Monfragüe offers much too. There are plenty more photos of Monfragüe and other Spanish towns/locations if you take a look at my 'Albums' page, www.flickr.com/photos/36623892@N00/sets/ - thank you.
From my short trip to Ireland during Easter Break. I came across some really remarkable individuals along the way - there was this lady whose last name is Moriarty, an old Irish man who insisted to call me 'princess', another Irish fellow who came to Malaysia in the 1960s for three years to build some waterworks in the Borneo, a lovely Singaporean woman who admitted that she's never been to the USS, a street performer in Dublin whose sense of humour is just off the charts, the sweet KMB clan (especially Sarah Aqilah) in UCD who made sure I had a bed to sleep in & roof over my head, a woman who told me "You gotta seize all the opportunities in life, Shahirah. But if opportunities don't come along, you have to create them".
Cliff over the Trebbia river in Bobbio, near Piacenza
Foto scattata da una parte rocciosa del Trebbia a Bobbio (Pc)
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Situated just off England’s South coast and less than 2 hours from London, the Isle of Wight is the perfect holiday destination at any time of year.