DWEJRADWEJRADwejra is one of Dwejra is one of the two rocky the two rocky coasts found in coasts found in Gozo.Gozo.
It is an inland sea It is an inland sea and its only access and its only access to the open sea is to the open sea is a sixty meter cave a sixty meter cave (tunnel).(tunnel).
The Azure Window The Azure Window makes it a unique makes it a unique site in the world – site in the world – this must have this must have once been a cave once been a cave which now eroded which now eroded into an arch. This into an arch. This may, in time, may, in time, become a stack.become a stack.
What About The Shingle What About The Shingle Banks…Banks…
Many small caves are found
at sea level making this
beach popular with snorkelers.
Marsalforn and Shingle Beach are two other
shingle banks in the
Maltese Islands.
The picture below shows Ħondoq ir-
Rummien, one of the very few
shingle banks.
……And The Cliffs?And The Cliffs?
Dingli cliffs
These cliffs are the
highest point of Malta.
(300 m high).
The Maltese Falcon once
used to breed here. This
species is now extinct on the
Maltese Islands.
• The Maltese coastline is 272m long.The Maltese coastline is 272m long.
• There are no mud flats.There are no mud flats.
• We have very few shingle banks.We have very few shingle banks.
• Cliffs are even found on the island on Cliffs are even found on the island on
the three hills (Gozo).the three hills (Gozo).
Sources:Sources:
www.wikipedia.orgwww.guidetomalta.netwww.timesofmalta.comOxford English Dictionary
By: Corinne S. Micallef – Grimaud.