"Møns Klint - a beautiful cliff" a Møn Travel Page by metteks

Møns Klint is a very special place. It is similar to Stevns Klint, but still very different from the nature and geology found in Denmark. The cliff is many kilometers long and 128 meters at the highest place (Dronningestolen; The chair of the queen). From here you can see Sweden and Germany on a clear day.

The white chalk that forms the Cliffs of Møn and is located just beneath the moraine clay in the landscape behind the cliffs was created when lime shells from microscopic animals and plants was deposited on the bottom of a tropical sea which covered most of Northern Europe 75 million years ago. During millions of years to follow the layers were lifted up and when the glaciers of the ice age covered Møn they pushed the 100 meters thick chalk flakes up from the underground.

There are stairways to the cliff at Gråryg Fald, Store Klint, Sandskredsfald, Jydeleje Fald og Liselund. In the chalk you can find fossils of ancient animals.

It has just been decided to open GeoCenter Møns Klint (A geological center) at the cliff in year 2007.

At the website of Møns Tourist office you can read more about the cliff.