Three Sisters and Elephant Rock

The Three Sisters and Elephant Rock are seastacks at the mouth of the Tongapōrutu River in Tongapōrutu, North Taranaki, New Zealand.

They are accessible by foot from a carpark at low tide.

[1] Erosion is slowly claiming the 25-metre (82 ft) formations.

In 2016, Elephant Rock also lost the "trunk" which gave it its resemblance to the animal of the same name, leaving a single natural arch.

[1][4][5] Losses to the main landmass in the area have occasionally produced extra "sisters", such as one that appeared in 2013.

An image of three distant sea stacks from the river mouth on a beach
An image of the Three Sisters