Unusual Extra-Terrestrial Landscape Of Yehliu Geo Park

Yehliu Geo Park on the Northeast coast of Taiwan is one of most stunning geological landscapes in the world. The seacoast along the 1700-metre long stretch of the thin peninsula jutting into sea, contains large quantities of lime stones, which due to sea/wind erosion, weathering and earth movement has made the landscape of the region almost like some extra-terrestrial terrain.

Whole area of the Geo-park is doted with rocks of unusual shapes. Amongst these are around 180 mushroom rock formations and several honeycombed rocks and seawater-eroded potholes. Many of these rocks also contain fossils of the sea life. 

Several rocks which look like a face or objects of day to day life have been given names by the locals.  One such rock looks like Queen Nefertiti's head and is aptly named Queen’s Head Rock. Other easily recognisable shapes are candles rock, ginger rock and Fairy's Slipper.

Shown below are a handful of the images from a huge collection of the remarkable rocks of the region.

Mushroom Rocks;

Image from Flickr is by Coolmeow

Image from Flickr is by billibala

Queen's Head

Image from Flickr is by Assassin.Chen

Mushrooms on the Vertical Face

Image from Flickr is by Bernard McManus

Ginger Rocks

Image from Flickr is by Jacky W

Honeycombed Rocks

Image from Flickr is by Bernard McManus

Image from Flickr is by diametrik

Image from Flickr is by ★ Nisa Yeh ★

Fairy's Shoe

Image from Flickr is by StreetFly JZ

Fossil in a Rock

Image from Flickr is by Bernard McManus


Image from Flickr is by Coolmeow

View location in Google Earth / Google Maps and Street View (Queen head can be easily seen in distance, towering over other rocks).

Main source of info and more info: Wikipedia / ylgeopark.org.tw / Photo Essay - Strange Lunar Landscape in Yehliu (Contains some great images.)

Note: The region reminds me of the White Desert in Egypt