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Pancake Rocks Blowholes are a geological formation located in Punakaiki, New Zealand. The site features limestone cliffs sculpted by wave action creating impressive blowholes. These natural structures demonstrate how ocean currents interact with porous rock to produce powerful bursts of water and st...
The Kiama Blowhole is a dramatic coastal geological formation located in Kiama, New South Wales. It’s notable for its impressive displays of pressurized seawater ejected high into the air – reaching heights of up to 25 meters. This natural phenomenon occurs due to underground water sources and wave...
Thor’s Well is a dramatic blowhole located along the Oregon coast at Cape Perpetua. This geological formation showcases the power of waves eroding basalt rock into a sinkhole. The well dramatically fills and empties with each surge of ocean water, offering a visible demonstration of coastal erosion...
Mapu'a 'a Vaea Blowholes are coral limestone sea vents along the south coast of Tongatapu, Tonga, locally called the Chief's Whistles for the sounds they emit.
Spouting Horn is a lava-tube blowhole at Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, where waves force seawater through a coastal lava shelf to produce a vertical spout and hiss.
Nakalele Point Blowhole is a coastal lava-shelf vent on Maui's remote northwest coast, Hawaii, USA, capable of shooting spray up to 30 metres high in strong swells.
La Bufadora is a marine geyser near Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, considered one of the largest blowholes in North America and a major regional tourist attraction.
Cape Perpetua Spouting Horn is a wave-driven coastal vent on the central Oregon coast, USA, within the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area administered by the US Forest Service.
Thunder Hole is a natural rock inlet in Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, where wave compression produces a booming sound and spray reaching several metres high.
Torndirrup Blowholes are natural rock fissures in Torndirrup National Park near Albany, Western Australia, where Southern Ocean swells generate powerful water jets.
Devil's Churn is a narrow basalt sea channel at Cape Perpetua, Oregon, USA, where incoming Pacific waves surge violently through a compressed coastal rock inlet.
Halona Blowhole is a natural lava-tube vent at Halona Point on Oahu's southeast shore, Hawaii, USA, where waves shoot seawater skyward through a narrow rock opening.
Little Kiama Blowhole is a smaller secondary blowhole near Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, less forceful than its famous neighbour but active during strong swells.
Devil's Punchbowl is a collapsed sea cave near Newport on the Oregon coast, USA, where the open bowl traps and churns incoming Pacific surf in a circular rock basin.
Downpatrick Head Blowhole is at Downpatrick Head, County Mayo, Ireland, near the isolated Dún Briste sea stack, which reportedly separated from the headland in 1393.
Blowing Rocks Preserve is a Nature Conservancy site on Jupiter Island, Florida, USA, where Anastasia limestone formations produce erupting surf columns at high tide.
Makapuu Point Blowhole is a lava-bench coastal vent near Makapuu Point on Oahu's windward shore, Hawaii, USA, most active during winter northeast swell season.
Eaglehawk Neck Blowhole is a coastal feature at the narrow Eaglehawk Neck isthmus in Tasmania, Australia, formed by wave erosion of dolerite cliffs and sea floor.
Bufadero de la Garita is a volcanic coastal blowhole in Gran Canaria, Spain, notable for the roaring sound produced when powerful Atlantic waves crash into its underground sea cave.
Benwee Head Blowhole is a cliff-top coastal feature at Benwee Head, County Mayo, Ireland, overlooking Broadhaven Bay along the Wild Atlantic Way coastal route.
Cathedral Caves Blowhole is near Papatowai in the Catlins, South Otago, New Zealand, adjacent to one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest accessible sea caves.
Wharariki Beach Blowhole is a marine geyser in Golden Bay, New Zealand, notable for erupting forcefully through the rocks of a remote and highly scenic white-sand coastal beach.
Duncansby Stacks Blowhole is a coastal feature near Duncansby Head, Caithness, Scotland, the UK's true northeastern corner, set among Old Red Sandstone sea stacks and geos.
Fingal Head Blowhole is a coastal rock formation in New South Wales, Australia, distinguished by water spouts erupting from its hexagonal basalt sea columns during rough ocean conditions.
Yesnaby Blowhole is a wave-driven coastal vent at Yesnaby on Orkney's west coast, Scotland, UK, near the prominent Old Red Sandstone sea stack locally known as Yesnaby Castle.
Fluted Cape Blowhole is a natural sea cave eruption point on Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia, noted for sending powerful jets of ocean water upward against towering dolerite cliffs.
Hahei Blowhole is a coastal formation on New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula, distinguished by its dramatic sea water plumes that erupt skyward during periods of high Pacific Ocean swell.
Percé Rock Blowhole is a marine geyser in Quebec, Canada, notable for erupting ocean water through a natural arch within a massive 88-meter-high limestone sea stack on the Gaspé Peninsula.
El Bufadero is a coastal blowhole in Asturias, Spain, notable for shooting impressive plumes of Cantabrian Sea water through a deep natural fissure in the region's rugged limestone cliffs.
