Wave-Cut Arch, Lake Superior

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Occasionally waves attacking a narrow headland break through to create an arch. This arch is not on a seacoast, however, but in Lake Superior. It is located in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan. The rock is soft yellowish sandstone of late Precambrian age, about 700 million years.


Original Scene

Possible Coloring


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Created 25 November 2005, Last Update 04 December 2007

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