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An impressive sandstone formation that characterizes the park, known for its colors, patterns and shape. However, due its frail environment and high demand, advance permits are required, done through a lottery system. (BLM map)
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in Arizona, US, near its northern border with Utah. The formation is situated on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness of the Colorado Plateau. The area is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument visitor center in Kanab, Utah.
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A hard to reach patch of picturesque sandstones. The grey rocky cover layer is sometimes just a few cm thick. The structure makes the area look like enormous marble cake covered by a sugar icing.
Straddling around the park's boundaries, these impressive red-colored sandstone cliffs can be seen from quite a distance.
(BLM map).