List of sea stacks

The following list enumerates and expands on notable sea stacks, including former sea stacks that no longer exist.

Old Man of Hoy, Scotland

Antarctica

• Denais Stack, King George Island
• Cutler Stack, Livingston Island
• Neptune's Bellow, Deception Island
• The Monolith, Buckle Island

Asia

• Po Pin Chau, High Island, Hong Kong
• Tri Brata, Kamchatka, Russia
• Ko Tapu, Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
• Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
• Lot's Wife or Sofugan, Japan (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
• Pigeon's Rock, Lebanon

Australia

• Ball's Pyramid, Lord Howe Island Group (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
• Nobby Islet, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
• The Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria
• The Nobbies on Phillip Island, Victoria
• The Totem Pole in Tasmania

Europe

(coastal countries only)

Croatia

• Cape Kamenjak

Faroe Islands

• Drangarnir
• Risin og Kellingin
• Stakkurin

France

• Les Aiguilles de Port-Coton, Belle-Île
• L'Aiguille, Étretat, Seine-Maritime
• Les Jumeaux, Hendaye

Germany

• Lange Anna on Heligoland

Greece

• Megalos Kalogeros
• Mikros Kalogeros

Iceland

• Hvítserkur, Vatnsnes
• Reynisdrangar, Vík í Mýrdal

Ireland

• Cnoc na Mara, Donegal
• Branaunmore, County Clare
• Dún Briste, Ballycastle, County Mayo
• An Searrach, Kinard, Dingle, County Kerry

Isle of Man

• Sugarloaf Rock, Isle of Man

Italy

• Faraglioni, Capri
• Baia dei Mergoli, Mattinata, southern Italy
• Torre Sant'Andrea, southern Italy
• Acitrezza, Sicily
• Faraglioni, Scopello, Trapani, Sicily
• Isola del Giglio, Tuscany
• Nebida and Masua, Iglesias, south-western Sardinia
• Scoglio dell'Ulivo, Palmi
• Gargano Promontory, Zagare Bay, Apulia

Portugal

• Praia da Dona Ana and Ponta da Piedade, Lagos
• Praia da Marinha, Lagoa, Algarve

Russia

• Sail Rock, Krasnodar Krai

Spain

• El Dedo de Dios, Canary Islands

United Kingdom

The Needles, a series of chalk stacks extending out from the western end of the Isle of Wight. The Needles are almost directly in line with Old Harry Rocks, another series of chalk stacks.

Mellor (2020) lists 70 stacks in England, 10 in Wales and 275 in Scotland of which circa 110 are located around the coasts of Shetland.

England

• Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, England
• The Needles, Isle of Wight, England
• Old Harry Rocks, Dorset, England

Wales

• South Stack, Anglesey

Scotland

Main article: List of sea stacks in Scotland

• Am Buachaille, Sutherland
• Duncansby Stacks, Caithness
• Dunnicaer, Aberdeenshire (stack with remains of Pictish hill fort)
• Old Man of Hoy, Orkney
• Old Man of Stoer, Sutherland
• Rockall, North Atlantic (isolated volcanic stack, not a coastal stack)
• Stac an Armin and Stac Lee, St Kilda
• Stac Dhomnuill Chaim, Lewis
• Yesnaby Castle, Orkney

North America

Canada

• The Big Flowerpot, Flowerpot Island, Lake Huron
• Three Sisters, Eatonville, Nova Scotia
• Percé Rock, Percé, Quebec
• Hopewell Rocks, Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
• Siwash Rock, Vancouver, British Columbia

Mexico

• Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

United States

• Goat Rock, California
• Turnip Rock, Michigan
• Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, Oregon
• Haystack Rock (Chief Kiwanda Rock), Pacific City, Oregon

Oceania

Easter Island

• Motu Kau Kau, Easter Island

References

• Boersema, Jan J. (2015) [original Dutch version 2011]. The Survival of Easter Island. Translated by Webb, Diane. Cambridge University Press.
• Mellor, Chris (Jan 2020). "An illustrated guide to sea stack climbing in the UK & Ireland" (PDF). needlesports. Retrieved 23 Jan 2021.