Étretat and the bays to the west

For place names consult the Série Bleue, sheet 1710E, Étretat, 1:25,000
All images, unless otherwise stated, taken by Uwe Dornbusch between 28-May and 3-June 2001.

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View of the beach at Étretat from the east from a picture postcard from th early 20th century.
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View of the beach at Étretat from the east at Notre-Daime de la Garde showing a depleted beach that is backed by a seawall to protect the village.
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View of the Porte D'Aval promontory west from Étretat seen from the east at Notre-Daime de la Garde showing the stack and arch in more detail. The cave in the centre can be seen in more detail in the next image.
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Cave in the Porte D'Aval promontory. People for scale.
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Western part of the the beach at Étretat from the shore platform near the cave in the previous images.
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Eastern part of the beach at Étretat below Notre-Daime de la Garde (top right) with the Porte d'Amont promontory.
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View of Étretat from the Port d'Aval.
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Port d'Aval and the stack l'Aiguille from the west.
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L'Aiguille as seen through the La Manne Port. Note the solution pipes in the top parts of the cliffs.
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Looking through the La Manne-Porte from the east. The cave in the centre of the photo can be seen in more detail in the following photos.
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Cave in the La Manne-Porte. People for scale. The cave turns ~90° to the left towards its end.
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End of the cave in the La Manne-Porte.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Sea gulls nesting on the upper beach illustrate the relative degree of stability of the storm berm in summer.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Waterfalls from intra-chalk conduits: overview with persons for scale on the beach.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Waterfalls from intra-chalk conduits. Water flows for a small distance in the beach before returning to the surface.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Waterfalls from intra-chalk conduits.
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1Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Solution pipes in the cliffs.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Access steps to the beach have been made unpassable in the last winter. The next photo shows a more detailed image.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Access steps to the beach have been made unpassable in the last winter.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Erosion surface in the chalk showing dolomitic chalk with chalk fragments.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Paramudra in the chalk cliff (upper part of the photo).
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Erosion surfaces in the chalk with sections of solution pipes at the top of the cliff.
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Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Detail of the coarse sand fraction taken from the surface. Particles are very angular to angular.