婚礼蛋糕岩

婚礼蛋糕岩,又称白岩,是位于澳大利亚新南威尔士州悉尼布恩迪纳(Bundeena) 附近的皇家国家公园的一处砂岩形成物,可通过皇家国家公园海岸步道到达。该岩石是马利海滩北部的众多形态之一,悬于海平面以上25米(82英尺)。婚礼蛋糕岩以其景色优美的地理位置和徒步旅行者和游客的追捧而闻名,是摄影的理想地点。然而,该地标的声誉在2015年突然飙升后受到了破坏,并随后成为了人为故意破坏的受害者。2015年5月,新南威尔士州国家公园和野生动物管理局以最近游客的危险行为以及后来的安全问题为由,禁止公众进入该岩石。随后在次月进行的一项调查确定了安全问题,发现该岩石不稳定,并且在未来十年内将崩塌入塔斯曼海。

概况

婚礼蛋糕岩因其外观酷似一块婚礼蛋糕而得名;该特征呈现出层次分明的结构,以及与婚礼蛋糕相似的白色,并且形状被完美地侵蚀成了立方体。该特征是位于布恩迪纳和马利海滩之间的众多地貌之一,包括布恩迪纳眺望台和[1]。在向公众关闭之前,,前往婚礼蛋糕岩的游客也经常会收到提醒他们[2]。游客可以通过皇家国家公园海岸步道到达该岩石,这是一条贯穿整个公园海岸线的步行小径,[3]

现代史

在婚礼蛋糕岩发生过一起非由侵蚀引起的死亡事件。[4]

关闭和后果

在2015年初,婚礼蛋糕岩突然变得异常受欢迎。新南威尔士州国家公园和野生动物管理局报告称,皇家国家公园海岸步道上的游客数量每月急剧增加,从平均每月2,000人增加到超过10,000人。提供照片分享服务的社交媒体Instagram被认定为游客激增的原因,Instagram的用户前往该地标拍照打卡时,通常还会表演特技。这种知名度的激增让国家公园和野生动物管理局感到担忧,其地区经理加里·邓内特(Gary Dunnett)质疑道:“30人或40人站在那块区域很有可能使该岩石倾向于一边,出现不稳定的隐患”。该地点于2015年5月关闭,原因是上述的安全顾虑。

关闭后,对婚礼蛋糕岩进行了地质技术评估,以确定该地标的稳定性。研究发现,令国家公园和野生动物管理局惊讶的是,这个地貌不仅不稳定,而且肯定会在未来十年内崩塌,整个结构被描述为“在悬崖边缘上岌岌可危”,它的底部仅靠最近的主要断层下的少量碎片支撑”。

尽管地标已关闭,但这并没有阻止游客越过附近设置的安全围栏,继续在不稳定的蛋糕岩上拍照,促使国家公园和野生动物管理局对此类行为进行罚款,违反者将被处以300美元的罚款,于2016年3月底生效。然而,这也没有阻止更多游客越过围栏,为此,国家公园和野生动物管理局与新南威尔士州警察部队合作开始在该地区巡逻,这项行动于2016年6月开始。截至2016年7月,国家公园和野生动物管理局已经正式发出了六笔罚款,自从岩石关闭以来,到2018年7月又发出了七笔罚款。该岩石将继续对公众关闭,直到其最终崩溃,尽管国家公园和野生动物管理局提出了在地标附近建立永久观景台的建议。作为新南威尔士州政府2016-17年度预算的一部分,该提议已获得充分资金支持,作为在未来4年内向国家公园和野生动物管理局拨款的900万美元的“意外收入”的一部分,以升级皇家国家公园海岸步道。

References edit

  1. ^ 马利的“白色悬崖”
  2. ^ 不要靠近悬崖边缘的建议
  3. ^ 从布恩迪纳到奥特福德全长约5.1公里(3.2英里)
  4. ^ 一名来自法国24岁的游客,兼业余攀岩者试图从下层跳起,抓住上层,但着陆时滑倒,失去了控制,坠落至超过40米的地方,最终不幸身亡。

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