Tapas Bars built on Wave cut surface at Tarifa Spain
Tarifa is a small town in Spain along the Straits of Gibralter. It marks the southernmost point of continental Europe and the point of the closest crossing between Africa and Europe. For over 2500 years Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths, Byzantines, Moors, French and British, and Spanish soldiers have fought over Spain and Tarifa has played a role in many of the wars. The most prominent landmark in Tarifa is a huge fort built by Moors 1100 years ago just above the small harbor.
The fort and the surrounding part of the "old town" of Tarifa are built on a 100 m wide flat bench that lies about 6 m above modern sea level This surface is a wave cut bench formed about 125000 years ago when part of the Greenland ice sheet melted during the last interglacial.
In 100-200 years sea level will again rise to this level and 2500 years of human history at Tarifa will again be under water, along with several dozen nice Tapas bars.
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