5/5 Žilvinas P. 8 months ago on Google
"The
Dutchman's
Cap
(Lithuanian:
Olando
kepurė)
is
a
hill
with
a
24.4
m
high
bluff,
which
is
in
Lithuania's
Seaside
Regional
Park,
near
Karklė
and
2
km
north
of
Giruliai
on
the
Baltic
Sea
coast.
It
was
created
12000–15000
years
ago
during
the
last
Baltic
glaciation.
The
name
stems
from
an
alleged
similarity
of
the
high
bank
to
a
mariner's
cap.
The
hill
is
a
parabolic
dune
created
by
aeolian
processes
on
a
moraine
ridge.
The
location
is
now
subject
to
strong
erosion
by
the
Baltic
Sea,
which
is
exposing
various-sized
boulders
from
the
moraine.
As
a
consequence,
boulder
rubble
has
accumulated
on
the
so-called
beach.
As
the
bluff's
base
is
destroyed,
earth
slips
down
the
bluff's
entire
face,
in
an
example
of
mass
wasting.
The
Dutchman's
Cap
has
long
been
a
navigational
guide
for
sailors
and
fishermen,
and
so
in
the
early
19th
century,
markers
were
erected
here,
and
have
been
shown
on
charts
ever
since.
A
view
of
the
sea
with
a
steep
shoreline
and
stony
beaches
opens
up
here.
The
top
of
the
bluff
is
a
good
place
to
watch
birds
flying
above
the
sea."