Former Natural Bridges, now collapsed

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Natural Bridges became a stack and a bridge in 1980 when a major winter storm caused it to fall. Sea cliff erosion in this area is about one meter per year.
Two of the three original natural bridges vanished due to coastal erosion. This sea stack was attached to the shore via the two other arches when the park was established.
3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/3Dbayarea/html/SantaCruz.htm
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Coordinates:   36°56'57"N   122°3'26"W

Comments

  • Actually, I'm fairly sure the "major winter storm" was in 1983.
  • Actually, I think the original editor was right. I believe the storm that brought down the inner arch and left the middle arch as an island was in 1980. The "El Nino" winter storms of 1982/1983 were so bad that it seems everyone recalls that winter as the culprit of every natural disaster in Santa Cruz County for the last 30 years!
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