11. Cumbrae's western coastline has fine examples of raised beaches . 12. The gulls of Seymour Island breed on raised beaches unlike other Canadian ivory gull colonies. 13. A raised beach , or lacustrine terrace, formed by waves surrounds most of the volcano's lower rock. 14. The name " Oshiage-hama " ( raised beach ) was applied by JARE Headquarters in 1972. 15. The only fossils date from the Quaternary, and are found in raised beaches , peat and clay. 16. Above Banba's Crown to the east lies Ballyhillion beach, a unique raised beach system of international scientific importance. 17. Raised beaches are present in places.18. Further south, he saw stepped plains of shingle and seashells as raised beaches showing a series of elevations. 19. Melting ice since the last glacial period has resulted in the preservation of a superb raised beach sequence. 20. The timing of start of the melting was determined by carbon-14 dating of samples found on raised beaches .