Nullarbor Plain sea cliffs

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The Nullarbor Plain sea cliffs are towering, near-continuous limestone coastal escarpments forming one of the world’s longest uninterrupted cliff lines along Australia’s southern coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal cliff system
limestone escarpment
natural geographic feature
accessibleFrom Eyre Highway
adjacentTo Nullarbor Plain
surface form: Nullarbor Plain karst plateau

Southern Ocean
age Cenozoic
biodiversityContext adjacent marine ecosystem of the Great Australian Bight
habitat for seabirds
climate semi-arid to arid
conservationStatus partly within protected areas of the Great Australian Bight region
continent Australia
country Australia
environmentType arid coastal environment
erosionType wave-cut cliffs
faces Southern Ocean
forms near-continuous coastal escarpment
geologicalComposition limestone
geologicalFormationType karst landscape feature
hasGeologicalSignificance exposure of Nullarbor Limestone
hasScenicSignificance iconic Australian coastal landscape
hasViewpoint lookouts along Eyre Highway
knownFor dramatic vertical drop to the ocean
remote and sparsely populated coastline
length hundreds of kilometres
locatedIn Great Australian Bight
southern coast of Australia
locatedInState South Australia
Western Australia
locatedOn coast of the Great Australian Bight
maximumHeight approximately 120 metres
minimumHeight approximately 60 metres
nearbySettlementDensity very low
notableFor being one of the world’s longest uninterrupted cliff lines
orientation east–west
overlooks Great Australian Bight
partOf Nullarbor Plain
southern Australian coastline
primaryProcessOfFormation marine erosion
tectonic uplift
safetyConcern sheer drop-offs and unstable edges
surfaceRock limestone
tourismActivity scenic viewing
whale watching

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Great Australian Bight hasCoastlineFeature Nullarbor Plain sea cliffs
Great Australian Bight adjacentTo Nullarbor Plain sea cliffs
this entity surface form: Nullarbor Plain
Goldfields-Esperance region containsDesert Nullarbor Plain sea cliffs
this entity surface form: Nullarbor Plain