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Ocean Stack

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019323

A rocky subaerial landform consisting of a steep (and often vertical) column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast which have been isolated from the mainland by wave erosion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019323
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019323",
  "term": "Ocean Stack",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A rocky subaerial landform consisting of a steep (and often vertical) column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast which have been isolated from the mainland by wave erosion.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ocean-stack/"
}

Record 19,323 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.