This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Flinders – 287430. One kilometre south of Shoreham. | Basalt cliffs and bluffs and wide shore platform near Shoreham, Sites 64. Landslips are extensive on the coastal platy margins, Site 65 |
Access: | Beach walk from Shoreham. | |
Ownership: | Private land. | |
Geomorphology: | An area of hummocky terrain is enclosed by a distinct escarpment that defies the margins of the series of landslips. The landslips have developed at the margins of the coastal plateau in weathered Older Volcanics basalts and tuffs. | |
Significance: | Local. The site is an example of the processes that shape the plateau margins on the south-west of Westernport Bay. | |
Management: | Class 3. The site is a potential hazard zone. Land use planning must take account of the instability of the slopes. |
Landslips (A) and hanging valley (arrowed) south of Shoreham, Sites 65 and 66 |