Baltic Klint
The Baltic Klint (Clint, Glint; Estonian: Balti klint, Swedish: Baltiska klinten, Russian: Балтийско-Ладожский уступ, Глинт) is an erosional limestone escarpment and cuesta on several islands of the Baltic Sea, in Estonia, in Leningrad Oblast of Russia and in the islands of Gotland and Öland of Sweden. It was featured on the reverse of the 50 krooni note of 1928 and on the 100 krooni note of 1992.
The Baltic Klint is active landform showing some
Geography
The Baltic Klint extends approximately 1200 km from the island of
The cliff reaches 55.6 m
In Öland and Gotland a series of sea stacks known as rauks exist along the klint.[2] In the case of Gotland, rauks are formed in limestone representing reefs that existed in the Silurian epoch.[2] As waves batter against limestone cliffs, pre-existing vertical fractures begin to erode and widen. Eventually this leads to the formation of caves that merge with the remaining central rockmass, becoming a rauk.[2] Areas with particularly high concentrations of rauks are Fårö in northern Gotland and Byrum in northwestern Öland.[3] While some rauks occur next to, or as part of cliffs, some have a more tenuous relation to the cliff and some lack a relation altogether.[1]
See also
References
- ^ doi:10.2307/520895.
- ^ a b c Larsson, Kent (September 1, 2001). "Så stiger rauken ur havet". Forskning & Framsteg (in Swedish). Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ van Luik, Colette (August 5, 2018). "Glöm Gotland – här är okända svenska platserna som har raukar". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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