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Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana: Wave-cut cliff on Gibraltar mud lump, Red Fish Bay. The mound on which the man stands was built by mud spring now extinct, and its crest is nearly 15 feet above mean tide, a height considerably greater than most mud lumps attain. On the left is shown a luxuriant growth of grass such as commonly flourishes on mud lumps. November 24, 1912. Published as Plate 3-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 85. 1914.

Note: Location Redfish Bay about 20.5 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana.
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Author E. W. Shaw
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