Cliffs of Asia

Masada ( '''', 'fortress'; ) is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fort, built in the first century BC, was constructed atop a natural plateau rising over above the surrounding terrain, east of modern Arad.

is a series of cliffs on the Sea of Japan in Japan made from columnar joints of pyroxene andesite. It is located in the Antō part of Mikuni-chō in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture. The cliffs average in height and stretch for . The site has been protected from 1935 as a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument, It has been developed as a tourist destination, with walking trails, sightseeing boats, an observation tower, and a shopping arcade. The area is part of the Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park.

Columnar basalts

coastal cliffs in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan