Falaise La Manneporte (49°42'08.2"N 0°11'18.0"E)
Claude Monet spent most of February 1883 at Étretat, a fishing village and resort on the Normandy coast. Étretat is best known for its chalk cliffs, including three natural arches and a pointed formation called L'Aiguille or the Needle, which rises 70 metres (230 ft) above the sea.The Etretat Chalk Complex, as it is known, consists of a complex stratigraphy of Turonian and Coniacian chalks.Some of the cliffs are as high as 90 metres (300 ft).
