![](original/etretat_02.jpg) View of the beach at Étretat from the east from a picture postcard from th early 20th century.
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![Etretat30.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat30.jpg) 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.
| ![Etretat31.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat31.jpg) 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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![EtretatWest22.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest22.jpg) Cave in the Porte D'Aval promontory. People for scale.
| ![EtretatWest20.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest20.jpg) Western part of the the beach at Étretat from the shore platform near the cave in the previous images.
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![EtretatWest21.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest21.jpg) 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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![EtretatEast01.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatEast01.jpg) View of Étretat from the Port d'Aval.
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![Etretat34.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat34.jpg) Port d'Aval and the stack l'Aiguille from the west.
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![Etretat35.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat35.jpg) L'Aiguille as seen through the La Manne Port. Note the solution pipes in the top parts of the cliffs.
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![EtretatWest19.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest19.jpg) 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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![EtretatWest16.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest16.jpg) Cave in the La Manne-Porte. People for scale. The cave turns ~90° to the left towards its end.
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![EtretatWest17.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest17.jpg) End of the cave in the La Manne-Porte.
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![Etretat36.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat36.jpg) 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. |
![Etretat39.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat39.jpg) 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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![Etretat41.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat41.jpg) 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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![EtretatWest08.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest08.jpg) Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Waterfalls from intra-chalk conduits.
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![Etretat43.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat43.jpg) 1Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Solution pipes in the cliffs.
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![EtretatWest15.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest15.jpg) 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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![Etretat45.JPG](thumb/t_Etretat45.jpg) 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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![EtretatWest01.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest01.jpg) Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Erosion surface in the chalk showing dolomitic chalk with chalk fragments.
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![EtretatWest07paramudra.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest07paramudra.jpg) Between Pointe de la Courtine and Le Manne-Porte: Paramudra in the chalk cliff (upper part of the photo).
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![EtretatWest04.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest04.jpg) 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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![EtretatWest09.JPG](thumb/t_EtretatWest09.jpg) 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.
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