Rock "Sail"
This rock is located on the Black Sea coast, near the village of Praskoveevka near Gelendzhik. It was named so because of its similarity with a sail, the same shape, height - 30 m, narrow and long - 25 m. The rock is elongated perpendicular to the line of the seashore. The end of the cliff closest to the shore is 10 m away from it.
This rock once adjoined the shore, but over time, part of the shore collapsed, and this remnant of a continuous sandy layer remained due to its power and strength. 
At the bottom of the rock there is a rounded hole, there is a version that it was pierced by mountain artillery arrows somewhere in the middle of the last century. This is not entirely true. S. Vasyukov, who researched Black Sea coast, after examining the rock, wrote in 1903 that "... sailors fired at it from an armadillo, fired 4 shells, but the wall remained unshakable, although traces of cannonballs were visible, nowhere breaking through the cliff." 
Rock "Old Man Khoi"
Geographically, the rock is located in Scotland and has a height of 137 meters.
The composition of the rock is red sandstone on a basalt pedestal. 
Its exact location: the western coast of Hoy Island, Orkney. Age - about 400 years. 
Rocks "Risin og Kellingin"
Are located on Faroe Islands, and the names are translated as "Giant" and "Sorceress".
The giant has a height of 71 meters, which is only 2 meters higher than the height of the Sorceress. 
Rock "Kicker"
Located in Ecuador, another name is "Sleeping Lion".
Geographically, the rock is located in the Galapagos Islands. And it has a height of 152 meters. 
Formed as a result of an underwater volcanic eruption, nests on a rock a large number of birds. 
Rock "Ko Tapu"
Located in Thailand and consists of limestone, has a height of 20 meters.
40 meters away from the island. 
4 meters in diameter near the water and 8 meters at the top. As scientists say, this place was once barrier reef when the ocean receded the formations were washed away by water and winds. 
Rock "Balls Pyramide"
It is small desert island, which is located near Lord Howe Island (Australia) in the place with which it was discovered in 1788. The island looks like a huge sail, which is 562 meters high and 200 meters wide.
Balls Pyramid is one of the highest volcanic cliffs on earth. 
In 2000, a giant stick insect was found on the island - this is an insect that was previously considered extinct. 
Rock "Old Harry"
The location of the rock is the coast of Dorset in England. The rocks are made of chalk.
These cliffs are quickly washed away by the surf, for example, in the 18th century it was possible to walk from the shore to the far cliff. 
"Twelve Apostles"
These are amazing coastal cliffs that are located in the ocean in Port Campbell National Park, in the Australian state of Victoria.
The name is "Twelve Apostles", but there were nine rocky peaks. On July 3, 2005, one of the rocks collapsed, and only eight apostles remained. The highest of them reaches 45 meters in height. The height of the coastal cliffs is about 70 m. 
Different times of the day affect the fact that the appearance of the rocks also changes. The rocks seem to change color, but in the rays of sunset they are generally a bewitching sight. 
Rocks "Three Brothers"
These rocks are located at the very entrance to the Avacha Bay (Bay), in the Shlyupochnaya Bay. The "Three Brothers" rocks are three stone pillars emerging from the water. They are located 300 meters from the coastline.
"Three Brothers" is a natural monument of Kamchatka, which is often visited by tourists. One of the most photographed and "postcard" tourist sites on the Kamchatka Peninsula. 
Today's TOP 10 is dedicated to sea cliffs that have stood for many decades in salt water, subject to storms and piercing winds. How much longer they will be able to please the eye is a question that not everyone can answer.
1. A rock called Dan Bristy is fifty meters high. Its location: 80m from the Atlantic coast (Ireland). It is very popular with ornithologists, as it is a nesting place for a huge number of birds.
2. A rock called Parus is located on the Black Sea coast, in the southeastern part of Gelendzhik (p. Praskoveevka). This rock has a length of about 25m (height 30m) and is located perpendicular to the shore. This rock is the only thing left of the sandstone layer. There is a hole in the lower part of the rock, it is believed that mountain artillery became the reason for its formation. At least, this is how this hole is described in the guidebook of Gelendzhik. By the way, in the Kontur-Ekstren program for Krasnodar Territory the Sail rock is used as a screensaver! Go to the site contour external, the entrance to the system will be at the top right. If you are from Gelendzhik or Sochi, then you will see this rock as a screensaver!
3. Rock, which is located in Scotland - Old Man Hoy. It has a height of over 130m. it is a formation of red sandstone, which arose on a pedestal of basalt. It is located to the west of Hoy Island, which belongs to the Orkney Islands. Her age is about four hundred years. 
4. Rocks Giant (71m) and Sorceress (69m) (Risin og Kellingin) are located on the Faroe Islands. 
5. A rock in Ecuador, namely on the Galapagos Islands, which in translation is called the Sleeping Lion (Kicker). Its height is more than one hundred and fifty meters. The cause of its occurrence was the eruption of an underwater volcano. Now there is a mass nesting of birds on it. 
6. Thai rock Koh Tapu is a limestone formation with a height of 20m. removed from Thailand by 40m. part of this rock is submerged in the waters of the ocean, and part is visible on land. 
7. A rock called Balls Pyramide is located near Lord Howe Island in Australia. The island itself has the shape of a sail with a height of more than five hundred meters. The rock, in turn, is the highest cliff, which is of volcanic origin. 
8. On the coast of Dorset (England) is the famous rock of Old Harry, it consists of chalk, which, unfortunately, is partially washed away by the surf. 
9. Victoria has national park, in which there are unusual coastal rocks called 12 apostles. There were nine peaks in the rocks, and a few years ago one of them was destroyed. Over forty meters high highest point these rocks. They are famous for their mesmerizing views, which change depending on the time of day and the degree of general illumination. 
10. Three Brothers Rock is located in Boat Bay. It got its name due to the fact that it consists of three stone pillars that can be seen from the water. these rocks are a landmark of Kamchatka and are of great interest to tourists. 
Rocks in the sea are the most beautiful decoration of the coast, they are very attractive for tourists and lovers of colorful photographs. In most cases, such rocks are part of a rocky coast that has been broken by waves, tides and eaten by winds.
Let's start with the most interesting, the remains of the Hvitserkur volcano or the "White Shirt", for some reason this volcano was named that way, namely because of the birds that love this rock, but this mysterious thing is more like a mystical animal that stands on four legs and drinks water, clearly visible head, nose, whole torso.
The height of the statue is no more than fifteen meters, from afar, from the shore it really seems that this is a dog drinking water. Hvitserkur can be photographed endlessly, at every time of the day or year the outlines and mood can change, the monster will be in red, blue, yellow or in another tone, it will be green during northern lights. Now there is no reliable data on what this volcano was like in ancient times, however, by connecting the imagination, you can imagine all its outlines. Now the mountain continues to collapse, the foundation is constantly strengthened with cement.
The sail rock is located in the Black Sea in Gelendzhik, it is noteworthy that the sandstone layer stands just vertically in the sea, the height of the sail is 25 meters, and the thickness is one meter. Two meters from the base there is a square hole, the mystery of whose appearance is still unsolved, one of the hypotheses is that during the Caucasian War, the sail was fired from cannons or from an armadillo from the nearest mountains.
The rock itself arose as a result of the erosion of the winds and the sea, so you can imagine where the main mountain stood in ancient times, and now you can see what is left of it, probably this layer of sandstone turned out to be the most durable. By the way, there is a rock with the same name in the city of Yalta, which can be observed even from the Swallow's Nest
The name translates into Russian as "nail", a limestone formation only twenty meters high, the only thing left of rocky shore. The erosion of the ebb and flow will sooner or later bring down the nail, this can be seen from the narrow base of the rock, which has no more than a hundred years left to live. The nail decorates and one of the most beautiful beaches on the ground, which is a few tens of meters away.
Initially, this place gained popularity in the west after the release of the next series of James Bond adventures, but later this area may have inspired the screenwriters of the movie Avatar for magnetic floating mountains. The rock is adorned with exotic palms and shrubs that try to grow in the rock, this is one of the most photographed places on the planet.
Two huge rocks rise near the coast in the west of Beirut, the Rouche or Raush rocks, the nature of the name of the rocks has not been clarified, but there are two options, the first is Raush from the Aramaic language, which means head or from the French Roche - a rock, or maybe it's just from English - pigeons.
Be that as it may, the rocks, like two guards, have become the most interesting attraction in Beirut.
This rock can be said to be very elegant, and a huge height of fifty meters gives it such beauty. The rock is located in the city of Knockaun east of Ballycastle in the Atlantic Ocean.
However, against the backdrop of the entire rocky coast, Dun Briste can get lost.
This is real volcanic island a few kilometers from the Australian island of Lord Howe. The rock owes its effect to the shape of a sail with a height of five hundred and sixty meters, while the base does not exceed two hundred meters in width.
The sail is considered the most high volcano in the sea. Interestingly, on the volcano, scientists discovered several species of insects that were previously considered extinct, which are now sent to the mainland for further popularization.
The cliffs are located on the coast of Dorset in the south of England, the entire coast consists of petrified chalk, which is what owes such a snow-white appearance.
These cliffs are the fastest on our list of wonders, as back in the eighteenth century it was possible to walk from the shore to the extreme cliff.
In the state of Victoria, on the Australian rocky coast of Port Campbell National Park, there are eight eroded parts of the limestone coast. Every year more than two million tourists come here on excursions to see the Apostles live. Along the coast runs the Great Ocean Road 243 kilometers long, along the road there is also the Great hiking route 104 kilometers long.
Interestingly, until the fifties of the last century, the apostles were called Pigs and Pigs, but still the “Twelve Apostles” is more touristy - an attractive name, there are now eight apostles in total, the ninth collapsed in 2005, unable to withstand the tide. Here you can take a walk, park your car or book a helicopter tour around the piglets.
By the way, there is the London Arch nearby, which also collapsed in 1990, which built a new coastal cliff. The name "London Arch" stuck due to the visual resemblance to London Bridge. At the time of the collapse of the London Bridge on its far edge were two tourists who were evacuated by helicopter.
Kekur 137 meters high on Hoy Island. It is best to look at this attraction from the ferry that goes to Stromness, if viewed from the shore, do not forget that a couple of hundred meters from the Old Man there is a megalithic burial ground, which is also of interest to tourists.
Four hundred years ago it was an arch or even a high rock, which collapsed over time, it can be assumed that even earlier there was not even an arch. The cliff was repeatedly conquered by climbers, it was even broadcast in live on British television. Hoi An is expected to fall within the next fifty years.
Another name is the Sleeping Lion - two rocky formations in the west of San Cristobal Island, the most east island archipelago, it popular place entertainment for divers.
The rock has a maximum height of 152 meters, the volcano is now divided into two parts, between which there is a current in which, in addition to divers, hammerhead fish with Galapagos sharks like to swim, sea birds also like these rocks, and no less than photographers.
The so-called perforated cliff in Canadian Quebec on the Gaspé Peninsula, Saint Laurent Strait. The cliff is part of the Bonaventure Island and Perce Cliff National Park. In 1845, the second large arch collapsed, leaving a lone block.
The most tragic thing about the cliff is that no one has conquered it yet, you can go down here by helicopter, but it’s almost impossible to get up from the sea, several dozen people died here trying to do it.
The symbol of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, according to legend, three brothers went into the bay and turned to stone, thus saving the city from the tsunami.
Two rocks in the sea near the city of Eiði, translated into Russian as the Giant and the Sorceress. Risin is 71 meters tall, and the Kellingin witch is just under 68 meters, but stands on two legs.
The best views of the cliffs open from the village of Ayi if you go north and then turn east towards the coast. Another view opens from the village of Tjørnuvík on the island of Streymoy.
Good views open on this couple and in winter time when the rocks are covered with snow, scientists believe that the winters will destroy the Witch first, which over the next ten years will not withstand the local storms.
This attraction is very valuable for the Germans and is located on the island of Helgoland. One end of the island is rocky and the other is a beach, but tourists still prefer the rocky coast because of Anna. The red sandstone of the rocky shore attracts a large army of tourists to the island, and you can stay here for the night. I note that for hundreds of years mankind has been trying to save Anna, for this a wall was built in the sea to protect the cliff from waves, until recently, cunning building technologies were used to protect against winds to prevent rock fracture.
The cliff has a height of 47 meters, its weakest part is 16 meters above the ground, it is assumed that Anna will break in this place.
The balancing rock is a natural geological formation, big rock or a boulder very big size leaning on other rocks. Such a formation very often looks very shaky and unbalanced. In fact, this is just an illusion, these blocks are firmly connected to the main rock or support. In this collection, I will tell you about the most famous balancing rocks in the world.
1 Balancing Rock in Utah
This rock is one of the main attractions of the Arches National Park in Utah. The total height of the rock is 39 meters, while the height of the balancing part is 16.75 meters. The large boulder on top of the cliff is about the size of three school buses. Until recently, the rock had a companion, a similar but much smaller block that collapsed in the winter of 1975.
2 Balancing Rock Colorado
This block is in the Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs. The place is very popular among tourists, it is very often photographed here for memory. 
3. Long Island in Nova Scotia
This rock seems to defy gravity as it sits on the very edge of a small plinth. The column, 9 meters high, consists of two sections, looming menacingly over the raging ocean 
4. Rock Idol, Brimham
Here you can see many curious rock formations scattered over an area of 50 acres. But Idol Rock stands out the most, it is balanced on a tiny stone. The amazing shape has been shaped by water and wind over thousands of years. 
5. Mushroom Rock in Kansas
This miracle is in national park Mushroom Rocks, in the smoky hills region of Kansas. These formations are the result of a process of heterogeneous erosion where the hard mass of sandstone resisted the process while the base was softer and formed a mushroom shape. 
6. The Balancing Cliffs of Chiremba in Zimbabwe
Despite the fact that similar formations can be seen throughout Zimbabwe, it was Chiremba that became famous all over the world thanks to their pattern on the Zimbabwean currency. These rocks have also been used as a metaphorical theme to explain the importance of balance in the fragile environment of man and nature. 
7. Utah Mexican Hat
The Mexican Hat Rock Formation is located on Highway 163, 24 miles west of Bluff. The name comes from a special shape reminiscent of a Mexican sombrero 60 feet wide and 12 feet long. 
8 Devil's Marble in Australia
Devil's Marble is one of Australia's most famous rock formations, located south of Tennant Creek. These huge very beautiful boulders can be seen everywhere here. Their size ranges from 50 centimeters to 6 meters in diameter. Many of them seem extremely unbalanced, as if they are about to fall into the abyss. This is just an illusion, the blocks have been in this position for millennia 
9. Kjeragbolten boulder in Norway (Kjeragbolten)
This massive boulder with a volume of 5 cubic meters is squeezed into a crevasse at the very edge of Mount Kjerag. There is nothing under the stone, only an abyss of 984 meters. The mountains of Norway are very popular with tourists, it is very popular to take pictures on this stone and just walk along it
10. And finally, we move on to the most popular balancing stone, which we already wrote about in a separate article. This is the Golden Chaittiyo Pagoda in Myanmar. She is one of the most sacred places Myanmar, because according to legend, a huge boulder is kept on the edge only by the hair of the Buddha. It seems as if the rock defies gravity and is about to collapse and roll down the slope. Adding drama is also the fact that a small pagoda is built on top of the rock, covered with sheets of gold. 
