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Davenport Beaches

(San Francisco Bay Region 3D image tour)

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Davenport
Davenport.jpg - A sea cave on a small beach just south of Davenport along the Santa Cruz County coastline.

Davenport Davenport2.jpg - Waves crash alround a sea stack just offshore from the same beach. The gray cliffs are of Santa Cruz Mudstone (Upper Miocene).
Davenport Davenport3.jpg - October is pumpkin-harvest time along the Peninsula coast. Brussel sprouts and artichokes are also important crops in the area.
Davenport Davenport4.jpg - Davenport pumpkins.
Davenport
Davenport5.jpg - Highway 1 in Davenport, October, 2003. The store fronts face west.
Davenport Davenport6.jpg - Looking south across the seaside rails towards the sea cliffs just south of downtown Davenport.
Davenport Davenport7.jpg - Crashing waves on a sea stack.
Davenport Davenport8.jpg - Another view of the seacliffs just south of downtown Davenport.
Davenport Davenport9.jpg - Looking north along rail lines, just across Highway 1 from downtown Davenport.
Davenport Davenport10.jpg - The massive, elevated marine terraces east of Davenport provide geologic evidence that this section of the coast is rising.
Davenport BonnieDoon.jpg - Bonnie Doon Canyon cuts through elevated marine terraces. Bonnie Doon Canyon (and Beach) are about a mile south of downtown Davenport along Highway 1.

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