Troll Wall, Vertical cliff in Romsdalen Valley, Norway
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Location: Rauma Municipality
Elevation above the sea: 1,700 m
GPS coordinates: 62.48222,7.72861
Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:25
Cliffs rank among Earth's most striking geological formations, ranging from coastal precipices to inland mountain faces. Along oceans, they shape coastlines for thousands of miles, while in mountain regions they form vertical walls that draw climbers from around the world. This collection documents significant cliffs across six continents, including Ireland's 214-meter (702-foot) Cliffs of Moher, England's white chalk cliffs at Dover, and Norway's Preikestolen, which rises 604 meters (1,982 feet) above Lysefjord. Among the locations are some of Earth's highest vertical walls. Hawaii's Kalaupapa Cliffs on Molokai reach 1,010 meters (3,315 feet), while Pakistan's Trango Towers rise above 6,000 meters (19,685 feet) with nearly vertical rock faces. Coastal formations like Normandy's Étretat cliffs, Ireland's Slieve League, and Australia's Bunda Cliffs along the Nullarbor Plain demonstrate the power of marine erosion. Inland, formations such as California's El Capitan, China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park towers, and South Africa's Table Mountain create distinctive landscape features shaped by different geological processes over millions of years.
From the highest peaks to coastal cliffs, this collection brings together geographically significant observation points across all continents. The locations offer views of mountain ranges, waterfalls, deserts, oceans, and notable architectural structures. The selection includes the Great Wall near Beijing, the Cliffs of Moher above the Atlantic, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and Mount Everest on the Nepal-Tibet border. Among the waterfalls are Iguazú Falls between Brazil and Argentina, Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe, and Niagara Falls between Canada and the United States. The Pyramids of Giza, the Alhambra in Granada, and the Taj Mahal in Agra showcase important architectural achievements from different eras. Natural formations such as Uluru in the Australian outback, Halong Bay in Vietnam, Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, and the Norwegian fjords demonstrate Earth's geological diversity. Additional locations include Santorini in the Aegean Sea, the Amazon rainforest, Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River, Petra in Jordan, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the Fitz Roy range in Patagonia, and Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia.
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Trollryggen
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Isfjorden
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Innfjorden
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Juratinden
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Ølmäafossen
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Stigfossbrua
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Trollstigheimen
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Rauma kulturhus
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Rødvenfjord
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Raumabrua
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Blåstolen
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Kors gamle kirkegård
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MJELVA
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HOLE
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