Makawehi Cliffs
Show on mapThe Makawehi cliffs show a different side of the coast near Shipwreck Beach. Here old sand dunes have hardened into layers of rock above the water.
Questions about Makawehi Cliffs
How did these coastal cliffs form?
Wind piled sand into dunes along the Māhāʻulepū coast. Some of those dunes hardened into the layers of rock visible above the sea.
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