English: Overview of different types of coasts

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Rocks sticking out of the sea

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Stacks

A stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

Apostles, Australia
Old man of Hoy, Scotland, UK

Land under sea

Reefs

A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water.

Johnston Island, Pacific Ocean
Coral reef
Reef and islands of an Atoll, Ontong Java, Clouds
New Caledonia coast, reef and mouth of river La Néra

Shoals

A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles.

Sandbanks in the mouth of the Thames, North Sea
Nordfriesland, Germany
Uruguay, near Pando Creek

Lagoons

A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

Lagos dos Patos, Brazil
Venice, Italy, Laguna veneziana
Laguna di Marano

Tidal landforms

Mudflats

Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.

Saint Malo (France) - low tide
Saint Malo (France) - high tide
Mont Saint-Michel (France) - low tide
Mont Saint-Michel (France) - high tide
Waddenzee (Netherlands) - low tide

Beaches

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles.

Sand and pebble beaches

Sand beach in the Netherlands
Beach with sand and cobbles in Ecuador
Cobble beach in England, UK

Boulder beaches

South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
West Bengalen

Rock beaches

Bruce Peninsula National Park, Canada
Solidified lava on the beach of Pico, Azores
Ulko-Tammio, Finland

Wave-cut platforms

A wave-cut platform is a narrow flat area that was created by erosion.

South Wales, UK
Étretat, France

Sea cliffs

A sea cliff is a form of coast where the action of marine waves has formed steep cliffs.

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Étretat, France

Wave-cut notches

Wave-cut notches are created by waves at the base of a cliff.

Étretat, France
Bonifacio, Corsica, France

Headlands

A headland is a narrow strip of land, largely surrounded by water.

Turquoise Coast, Turkey
Wales, UK

Spits

A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

Veleka, Black Sea, Bulgarije
Farewell Spit, New Zealand

Capes

A cape is a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.

Lopatka Cape, Russia
Cape Ose, Japan

Peninsulas

A peninsula is a landform surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.

Iberian Peninsula, (Portugal & Spain)
Arabian Peninsula (map, 1606)
Korean Peninsula

Coastal dunes

A coastal dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water, along the coast.

The Netherlands
Germany
France

Inlets

An inlet is an indentation of a shoreline. From small to big:

Coves

A cove is a small type of bay.

California, USA
Bulgaria

Bays

A bay is a part of a sea or ocean that invades the land.

Italy
Honolulu, Hawaï
Spain

Calanques

A calanque is a steep-sided valley formed within karstic regions.

France
France
France

Fjords

A fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

Geirangerfjord, Norway
Trollfjord, Norway
Aurlandsfjord, Norway

Gulfs

A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, up to more than 100 km.

Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Venezuela

Rivers at coasts

River mouths

A river mouth is the part of a river where the river debouches into a sea or an ocean.

Palmiet, South Africa
Uggerby A, Danmark
Arroyo Chuy, Uruguay

Estuaries

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.