![Coastal Terrace in Shionomisaki](https://nankikumanogeo.jp/eng/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/pic_geosite95.jpg)
A two-layered coastal terrace had developed at Shionomisaki. A seashore gravel indicates the flat surface had once been a shore platform that had formed near the sea surface. The repeating earthquake that had occurred at the Nankai-trough had lifted the land surface to where it stands today.