rocky coast
Boulder-strewn sea edge
A rocky coast is a shoreline where the land meets the sea in formations of stone, boulders, and cliffs rather than sand or marsh.
Rocky coasts are characterized by tide pools, wave-carved features, and dramatic surf: We hiked along the rocky coast, watching waves crash against the cliffs.
The term appears frequently in geography, tourism, and maritime contexts.
- cliffsSteep natural rock walls
- sea stackIsolated coastal rock formation
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- crashing wavesSurf hitting the shore
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
tide pools · seabirds · spray · barnacles · crashing · rugged · shoreline · boulders · salt · salt air · kelp · erosion · craggy · rugged coastline · lighthouse · seaweed · foam · windswept
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
- coastal photosseascape, beach photos, ocean views, sandy beach, ocean horizon
- coastal viewsocean view, beach view, cliff view, lighthouse, pier
- coastlinesshore, shoreline, coastline, seashore, beach
- Mediterranean Coastbeach, cliff, harbor, port, cove
- New England coastlobster trap, lobster boat, lobster roll, Cape Cod, clambake
rocky coastsandy beach
Granular coastal shoreline
sandy shore · mud flat · mudflat · tidal flat · pebble beach
rock, rocks, rocked, rocking, rocker, rocky, rockier, rockiest, coast