. The geography of New Zealand. Historical, physical, political, and commercial . ies. At theNuggets—the most northerly extension of the hillsand of the rock type—the strata stand up verticallyand project into the sea as narrow, rugged pinnacles. The Clutha enters the sea through a valley somefive or six miles wide, faced on the sea side by abeach formed of material brought down by theriver. Thence to the Otago Peninsula the coast lineis steep but not high, fringed at the base, with arock terrace cut by the sea when the land was lower,and with a beach still partly composed of materialsupplied
. The geography of New Zealand. Historical, physical, political, and commercial . ies. At theNuggets—the most northerly extension of the hillsand of the rock type—the strata stand up verticallyand project into the sea as narrow, rugged pinnacles. The Clutha enters the sea through a valley somefive or six miles wide, faced on the sea side by abeach formed of material brought down by theriver. Thence to the Otago Peninsula the coast lineis steep but not high, fringed at the base, with arock terrace cut by the sea when the land was lower,and with a beach still partly composed of materialsupplied by the Clutha: but, as we proceed north-wards from the river mouth, the pebbles are brokendown, the softer minerals removed as mud, and,finally, only the hard white quartz remains, as theOtago Peninsula is reached. The most important headlands on this part of thecoast are Waipapa Point, Chaslands Mistake, andNugget Point. The more important bays are Wai-kawa, Molyneux, into which the Clutha flows, andthe Brighton Bight. THE NEW ZEALAND COAST 71 C071ST Line OF South I8l;d. \5\an-^ 72 GEOGRAPHY OF NEW ZEALAND From the Tokomairiro River to the Shag Riverthe coast line cuts at right angles the great south-east-north-west mountain axis of Otago. Nostriking coastal effects are produced by this, for thefolded rocks of this mountain range are for the mostpart fringed by much later formations, which forma gradual declivity to the coast. Where this fringeis absent, the country still is low, for the mountainrange was reduced to the condition of a pene-plainat a remote epoch. The Otago Peninsula is entirely volcanic, and thehard rocks have opposed such a formidable barrierto the ocean waves that high precipitous cliffs havebeen formed on every headland, below which nobeaches extend. Yet the white quartz sand is rolledonwards and accumulates in all the more shallowbays. It has extended as a bar across all the broaderinlets, and constitutes a serious menace to thenavigation of Otago Harb
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