The Pancake Rocks get their name from the weathered stacks of layered sedimentary rock that dot this stretch of coastline.
The Pancake Rocks' version of Mount Rushmore. [1280x960]
The erosion from the surf creates a lot of interesting rock formations.
Here you can see a hole opened in one of the rock walls by the ocean.
A windswept, twisting branch growing nearby.
Lots more pancake stacks.