Rocher Percé - Percé, Québec
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Weathervane
N 48° 31.435 W 064° 11.970
20U E 411433 N 5375228
Le Rocher Percé, situé dans la baie de Percé, est un îlot rocheux aux falaises escarpées possédant une arche naturelle. The Percé Rock, located in the bay of Percé, is a rocky island with steep cliffs and a natural arch.
Waymark Code: WM10D4Q
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 04/17/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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Roché Percé (Traduit du texte anglais ci-dessous)

Le Roché Percé est un empilement massif de calcaire siliceux, avec des veines de grès et de grès fin avec des parois rocheuses abruptes de tous les côtés. Il mesure 433 mètres (1 421 pieds) de long, 90 mètres (300 pieds) de large et 88 mètres (289 pieds) de haut à son point le plus élevé. Il est décrit comme une étroite falaise émergeant de la mer. Pendant quatre heures d'affilée à marée basse, l'eau se retire d'une large flèche qui permet de visiter le rocher.

L'énorme formation calcaire du rocher Percé est géologiquement datée de la période dévonienne de plus de 400 millions d'années. La formation rocheuse contient environ 150 espèces fossiles.

Percé Rock

Percé Rock is a massive siliceous limestone stack formation, with sandstone and siltstone veins, with steep rock faces on all sides. It is 433 metres (1,421 ft) long, 90 metres (300 ft) wide, and 88 metres (289 ft) high at its highest point. It is described as a narrow bluff emerging out of the sea, "resembling a bleached supertanker from some angles". For four hours at a time during low tide, the water recedes from a wide spit that allows the rock itself to be visited.

Percé Rock's huge limestone formation is geologically dated to the Devonian period of more than 400 million years ago. The rock formation has about 150 fossil species.

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