{"id":4257,"date":"2025-01-26T15:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/?p=4257"},"modified":"2025-01-26T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T08:10:17","slug":"punakaiki-pancake-rocks-and-blowholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meowtainpeople.com\/zh\/punakaiki-pancake-rocks-and-blowholes\/","title":{"rendered":"Punakaiki Pancake Rocks And Blowholes Track | West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes<\/span><\/a> in the West Coast of New Zealand is a unique limestone landscape by the ocean. The easy paved track provides a relaxing short walk to the lookout of the pancake rocks and blowholes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A natural arch with surge pools below the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes walkway.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The pancake rocks are called that way due to the formations that looked like pancakes stacked together into many layers. These rocks were formed from minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km deep 30 million years ago. Deep water pressure solidified the fragments into hard and soft limestone layers. Then, seismic actions lifted these limestone from the seabed to above the sea level. Eventually, the mildly acidic rain, wind and seawater sculpted these limestones into what you are seeing here.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Look and hear out for the blowholes as the waves crash into the rock cliffs. The caverns below with air holes running up the rock surfaces create natural blowholes. These blowholes shoot compressed air and water upwards as the waves push into the caverns.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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