Punakaiki Rocks - Punakaiki, New Zealand
S 42° 06.833 E 171° 19.567
59G E 526960 N 5337528
Punakaiki Rocks, more popularly known as Pancake Rocks, are located in the small community of Punakaiki, New Zealand. The rocks were featured on a New Zealand postage stamp in 1991.
Waymark Code: WM136QW
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 09/28/2020
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"The Pancake Rocks are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes during high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments), these form the main attraction of the area. The base of the limestone was laid down and formed between 25 million and 35 million years ago.
Stylobedding is the name given to the process which formed the pancake layering. The current theory on how this happens is that following the limestone being buried up to kilometre below the seabed, it comes under pressure dissolution and the thinner layers of mud between the limestone are dissolved more quickly than the limestone, when exposed. This leaves the effect of the Pancake Rock layers."
--Wikipedia (
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Stamp Issuing Country: New Zealand
Date of Issue: 1991-06-12
Denomination: 40 c - New Zealand cent
Color: Multicolor: blue, gray
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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