Newborn Island Attraction To Visitors In Denmark
Nature phenomena create unique possibilities to find fossils, which lived on the seabed over 70 million years ago. But only in a limited period of time since the newborn island will disappear again next year. Möns Klint (The Cliffs of Mon) is an impressive landmark and tourist attraction along the eastern coast of the Danish island in the Baltic Sea. These dazzlingly white cliffs rise 188m meters above the ocean.
The chalk forming the cliffs consists of the remains of shells from millions of microscopic creatures, which lived on the seabed over 70 million years ago. As a result of huge pressure from glaciers moving west, the terrain was compacted and pushed upwards, forming a number of hills and folds. When the ice melted at about 11,000 years ago, the cliffs emerged. They form part of the same deposits as the cliffs today; it is possible to find fossils of various types of shellfish as the sea continues to erode the chalk.
In January and in March this year, there was a larger landslide in the northern part of the cliffs, creating a 300-m long peninsula of chalk and fallen trees stretching out into the sea below. In March a minor island raised from the sea but it will soon erase back into the sea again. The area was newly opened again to visitors.
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Combine a visit with a round trip in south Scandinavia.