班登海滩的海蚀柱，俄勒冈州，美国 Sea stacks of Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon (© Grant Ordelheide/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

班登海滩的海蚀柱，俄勒冈州，美国 Sea stacks of Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon (© Grant Ordelheide/TANDEM Stills + Motion)

班登的明星岩石 Rock stars of Bandon

俄勒冈州的班登海滩

驶出101号公路，俄勒冈州的班登便迎来了来访者，这里弥漫着咸咸的空气和轻柔的港口钟声。这座小镇始建于19世纪50年代，最初只是个小聚居地，后来发展成为木材和鲑鱼捕捞中心。蔓越莓成为当地的主要作物，至今仍是每年九月蔓越莓节的庆祝活动。老城区的木板路咖啡馆和画廊反映了那段历史，而科基尔河灯塔则矗立在布拉兹海滩，经过修复，依然屹立在那里，提醒着人们当年它曾指引船只的航向。

从灯塔步行一小段路即可到达海滩，那里展现着令人回味的海岸景观：班登的海蚀柱，正如今天图片中所展现的那样。这些地貌经过数千年的海浪、风蚀和缓慢崩塌的侵蚀，讲述着一段地质故事。面岩（Face Rock）形似当地传说中少女翘起的下巴。附近的巫师帽（Wizard's Hat）像一顶尖顶的帽子，直冲云霄；大象岩（Elephant Rock）拱起，如同一条伸向潮水的象鼻。其他值得注意的景观包括贝壳角（Coquille Point）、桌岩（Table Rock）以及猫和小猫（Cat and Kittens）海蚀柱。作为俄勒冈群岛国家野生动物保护区的一部分，这些海蚀柱为海鸟提供了庇护，并展现了海洋和时间的坚韧力量。

Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon

Pull off of Highway 101, and Bandon, Oregon, greets you with salty air and the clang of harbor bells. The town began as a small settlement in the 1850s and grew into a center for timber and salmon fishing. Cranberries became a key crop and are still celebrated each September during the Cranberry Festival. Old Town reflects that past with boardwalk cafés and galleries, while the Coquille River Lighthouse stands restored at Bullards Beach as a reminder of the days when its beacon guided ships.

A short walk from the lighthouse leads to the beach where an evocative coastal landscape unfolds: Bandon's sea stacks, featured in today's image. Sculpted over millennia by waves, wind, and the slow collapse of arches, these formations tell a geologic story. Face Rock resembles the tilted chin of a maiden from local legend. Nearby, Wizard's Hat rises like a pointed cap against the sky, and Elephant Rock arches like a trunk reaching for the tide. Other notable shapes include Coquille Point, Table Rock, and the Cat and Kittens stacks. Protected as part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, these stones shelter seabirds and reveal the patient force of ocean and time.