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Figure 8-16.
A. Mårup Kirke and graveyard. The church was built in the i rst half of the 1200s well back from the
cliff; as erosion approached the church, it was closed in 1926. Note that a corner of the churchyard (cemetery) has
already fallen down. Kite aerial photograph by I. Marzolff, S.W. Aber and J.S. Aber. B. Eroding cliff face in cemetery.
Note pair of human leg bones exposed in the cliff (lower center of view). Photo by J.S. Aber.
Figure 8-17.
Northern tip of Skagen Peninsula, Denmark; Kattegat Sea to right, Skaggerak Sea in left background.
Notice rock structures parallel to shore designed to limit beach erosion. Kite airphoto by S.W. Aber and J.S. Aber.
