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Moeraki Boulders
Large spherical boulders on Otago coast, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Moeraki Boulders (officially Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki) are unusually large spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. They occur scattered either as isolated or clusters of boulders within a stretch of beach where they have been protected in a scientific reserve. These boulders are grey-coloured septarian concretions, which have been exhumed from the mudstone and bedrock enclosing them and concentrated on the beach by coastal erosion.[1][2][3][4] Especially in recent years, the boulders have been a popular tourist attraction.[3][5][6]
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