Description
Book SynopsisBeaches, marshes, mangroves; cliffs, deserts, forests; bays, deltas, estuaries – coastlines take many different forms and are put to very different uses. From deserted beaches to busy ports, from pretty fishing villages to a surfers’ paradise, a salt marsh to a ship-breakers’ yard, Coasts celebrates where the land meets the sea.
From beautiful coastal paths to the shipwrecks left high and dry in the Aral Sea, from world famous locations such as Copacabana Beach in Brazil and Big Sur in California to the little explored coastlines of Yemen and Oman, from Algeria to Antarctica, the Amalfi Coast to the Dead Sea, the book celebrates a huge range in coastlines from all around the world.
Including nature reserves and tourist resorts, rugged landscapes and desert island tranquility, fjords and fossils, eroding cliffs to whole towns lost to the waters, the book explores coastlines in all climates and conditions around the globe.
Presented in a landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Coasts is a stunning collection of images and stories.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland
Edava, Kerala, India
The Americas
Lake Argentino, Argentina
Cormorants, Patagonia, Argentina
Perito Moreno Glacier, Lake Argentino, Argentina
‘La Portada’, Antofagasta, Chile
Bottlenose Dolphins, Peru
Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia
Pacific Coast, Costa Rica
Corumbau, Bahia, Brazil
Bartolomé Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Pinnacle Rock, Bartolomé Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Punta del Diablo Beach, Uruguay
Cozumel Island, Yucatán, Mexico
Malibu, California, USA
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Thor’s Well, Oregon, USA
Florida, USA
Exuma Keys, Bahamas
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA
Lake Michigan, USA
Indian River, Dagsboro, Delaware, USA
Acadia National Park, Maine, USA
York Beach, Maine, USA
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Grand Island, New Hampshire, USA
Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Wildwood, New Jersey, USA
Manhattan, New York, USA
Na Pali, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA
Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Ilulissat, Greenland
Europe
Ponta de São Lourenço Madeira, Portugal
Fajã do Ouvidor, São Jorge, Azores, Portugal
Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal
Costa Quebrada, Cantabria, Spain
Denia, Alicante Province, Spain
Flysch Coast, Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain
Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy
Grand Canal, Venice, Italy
Montenegro, Adriatic Sea
Ploumanac’h Lighthouse, Brittany, France
Bonifacio, Corsica, France
Mont St Michel, Normandy, France
Banc d’Arguin, Bassin d’Arcachon, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Grand Crohot Beach, Lège-Cap-Ferret, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Calanques National Park, Provence, France
St Agnes, Cornwall, England
Lizard Point, Cornwall, England
Ladram Bay, Devon, England
Chesil Beach, Dorset, England
Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England
Bat’s Head, Devon, England
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Southwold, Suffolk, England
Beach Huts, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England
Crosby Beach, Merseyside, England
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
Bow Fiddle Rock, Moray, Scotland
Loch Ness, Inverness-shire Scotland
Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Republic of Ireland
Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Fischland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Múlafossur Waterfall, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Near Gothenburg, Sweden
Porkkala Peninsula, Finland
Hel Peninsula, Pomerania, Poland
Jurkalne, Latvia
Kaliningrad, Russia
Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway
Segla Peak, Senja Island, Troms, Norway
Asia
Seaweed farm, Xiapu, Fujian, China
Chaka Saline Lake, Haixi, Qinghai, China
Qingdao, Shandong, China
Repulse Bay, Hong Kong
Rai Leh Beach, Krabi, Thailand
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
Near Nha Trang, Vietnam
Daepo Jusangjeolli, Jeju Island, South Korea
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Gijang-gun, Busan, South Korea
Horseshoe Island, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar
Mannar Island Lighthouse, Talaimannar, Mannar Island, Sri Lanka
Gokarna, Karnataka, India
Stilt fishing, Sri Lanka
Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan
Chittagong Shipbreakers, Bangladesh
Le Morne, Mauritius
Caspian Sea, near Baku, Azerbaijan
Near Aktau, Kazakhstan
Cape Duana, Aral Sea, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Batumi, Georgia
Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgia
Rubini Rock, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Ust-Barguzin, Lake Baikal, Russia
Biya River, Lake Teletskoye, Altai Republic, Russia
Tobizin Cape, Russkiy Island, near Vladivostok, Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Vilyuchinski volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Africa & The Middle East
Legzira Beach, Tiznit, Morocco
Rabat, Morocco
Bay of Tangier, Morocco
Oran, Algeria
Blue Hole Diving Site, Sinai, Egypt
Nile River, Aswan, Egypt
Beached Ship, Somalia
Nabuyatom Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya
Lamu Archipelago, Kenya
Pangane, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Anse Source d’Argent Beach, La Digue, Seychelles
Hawsbill Turtles, Cousine Island, Seychelles
Inhassorro, Inhambane, Mozambique
Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Volta River, Ghana
Lobé Falls, Kribi, Cameroon
Dead Sea, Israel
Assad Reservoir, Euphrates Valley, Ar Raqqah, Syria
Mediterranean Coast, Turkey
Narlikuyu, Mersin, Turkey
Salt Lake, Iran
Musandam, Oman
Al-Jalali Fort, Bandar al Khayran, Muscat, Oman
Qalansiya Beach, Detwah Lagoon, Socotra Island, Yemen
Qalansiya Beach, Socotra Island, Yemen
The Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica
Miho No Matsubara Beach, Shizuoka, Japan
Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
Hatago Iwa Rock, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan
Hualien, Taiwan
Near Hatta Island, Maluku, Indonesia
Padar Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Near Narooma, New South Wales, Australia
Noosa National Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Antarctic Sound
Koekohe Beach, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
Punakaiki, South Island, New Zealand
Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand
Muriwai Beach, North Island, New Zealand
Orongo, Easter Island
The Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
Astrolabe Needle, Brabant Island, British Antarctic Territory
Andersson Island, Antarctic Sound
St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia
