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Natural PlacesSite Name: Moeraki Beach Boulders (Otago)Country: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 1518.288 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Hampden Nearest Village: Moeraki Boulders Visitor Centre
Latitude: 45.345654S Longitude: 170.826664E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
The Journal of Antiquities gives us information about these mysterious oval and spherical-shaped boulders in their entry for The Mysterious Disappearing Boulders, Moeraki Beach, Otago, South Island, New Zealand where they are often half submerged in sand and bedrock.
The Journal tells us these grey boulders are located on Moeraki Beach, Koekohe Beach and Shag Point. "They vary in size but generally they are somewhere between 1 foot 7 inches and 7 foot 2 inches in circumference and in height between 2-8 feet; some are damaged and broken up due to constant erosion from the pounding waves, many others are wonderfully smooth-shaped and ‘naturally patterned’ with unusual circular, diamond and oblong shapes, said to be somewhat similar to ‘the eyes in potatoes’, but with connecting lines. The boulders are made of hardened mud, silt and clay, and they are cemented together with calcite .... which might account for some of the boulders cracking apart".
The JoA also gives a short list of reference sources for more information, including this link to The Mysterious Moeraki Boulders.
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