This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Woolamai – 488364. Sunderland Bay. | Site 195 to 197, Smith Beach area |
Access: | Off Phillip Island Road. | |
Ownership: | Crown land. | |
Geology/Geomorphology: | In Sunderland Bay is a large cliff stack of red tuff resting on harder basaltic base. The cliffs at the head of the bay are extensively slumped and there are several active and large slump amphitheatres at and to the west of Sunderland Bluff. | |
Significance: | Regional. The site illustrates the major cliff, bluff, platform and beach features of the ocean coast of Phillip island. | |
Management: | Class 2. Permits for residential construction should take into account the active slump nature of the coastal cliffs and bluffs. A coastal footpath on the cliff top should be constructed between Sunderland Bay and Smith Beach. |