Alabaster Coast

The Alabaster Coast follows the northern shore of Normandy between Le Havre and Le Tréport. White chalk cliffs, streaked with flint and clay, rise above the English Channel and are cut by valleys where streams reach the sea. At Étretat waves have carved arches into the chalk headlands. Farther along the shore, ports such as Fécamp and Dieppe occupy openings in the cliffs, looking across the narrow sea towards England.