Daguoyeh Prismatic Basalt

Penghu Islands


This minor geological curiosity is a vertically contoured wall of basalt forming a small outcrop in the grass-and-scrub landscape. There's a glass-box coffee shop along with pleasant views across the bay to receding headlands beyond.


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