Pancake Rocks Lion - Paparoa National Park - Punakaiki, New Zealand
Posted by: denben
S 42° 06.808 E 171° 19.618
59G E 527030 N 5337573
Pancake Rocks simulacra of a lion watching its prey in Paparoa National Park, Punakaiki.
Waymark Code: WMN90V
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 01/21/2015
Views: 11
The Pancake Rocks are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes during high tides. Together with the 'pancake'-layering of the limestone (created by immense pressure on alternating hard and soft layers of marine creatures and plant sediments), these form the main attraction of the area.
The walkway is a short 20 minute loop track suitable for wheelchairs and buggies. It begins in native rainforest showing off the nikau palms, New Zealand’s only native palm tree, and then moves through dense flax as you get closer to the blowholes. An interpretative board along the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Walk shows some rocky simulacra.
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Physical Address: Paparoa National Park Punakaiki, West Coast New Zealand
Additional Coordinates / Parking Etc.: N 42° 06.876 W 171° 19.806
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