Moeraki Boulders on Kockohe Beach on the Otago coast between Hampden and Moeraki. They are septarian concretions

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The Moeraki Boulders are found on Kockohe Beach on the Otago coast between Hampden and Moeraki. They are septarian concretions. They are unusually large ranging in size up to over 2 metres. Maori legend tells that the boulders are the remains from the wreck of the Arai-te-uru a large canoe. and that the boulders are the remains of such things as eel-baskets, kumara and calabashes washed ashore.

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Size: 3950px × 2338px
Location: On the Otago Coast between Hampden and Moeraki. South Island, New Zealand
Photo credit: © John Swannick / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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