Bufones de Arenillas

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The Bufones de Arenillas are seawater geysers near Llanes in Asturias (Northern Spain). When the waves are strong, they generate up to 40 m (Bufón de Santiuste) high water fountains.

A bufón is created when water is pressed through natural tubes in the porous limestone due to the pressure of the sea surf . Bufones can arise wherever karst landscapes border the sea. In this case it is the Picos de Europa .

In 2001 the Bufones de Arenillas were declared a monumento natural.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monumento Natural Bufones de Arenillas ( Spanish , PDF) Gobierno del Principàdo de Asturias. Retrieved February 3, 2019.

Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′ 27 "  N , 4 ° 41 ′ 34"  W.