Yehliu Geopark

New Taipei · Taiwan

Yehliu Geopark, Taiwan
Photo: peellden, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round; weekday mornings for smaller crowds
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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A narrow cape on the northern coast of Taiwan where differential erosion of the Datun Formation sandstone has sculpted hundreds of mushroom rocks, honeycomb depressions, sea caves, and single-pillar formations. The most famous form — the Queen's Head — is a weathered pedestal rock whose silhouette suggests a crowned profile; it has become an emblem of northern Taiwan's coastal geology and is the subject of conservation concern as the neck continues to thin.

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