rock formations known as "bufones"
Explanation:
http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/fatcat/604/pria.htm
Es más que probable que al hablar de bufones, se piense en aquellos juglares, que nos hacían reír en aquellas películas de caballeros y lanceros, que fueron pintados por Velázquez, Goya y otros..pero en Asturias ésta palabra, quizás, deriva por analogía de bufido, ruido extraño que produce un animal cuando está enojado y eso es lo que ocurre, en ciertos lugares de la rasa que va desde Ribadesella a Pimiango, en la costa oriental asturiana, al haber unas características geológicas poco corrientes.
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Actually, looks like "blowholes may be appropriate in some cases...
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Blogs
We visited the blowholes (bufones in Spanish) at Pria, near Ribadesella, but there are many different sites to choose from all along this stretch of ...
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Eastern Asturias
All along this stretch of coastline the limestone cliffs give rise to the formation of blowholes (bufones in Spanish), where on a calm day you can hear the ...
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Asturian Blowholes – Notes from Spain Podcast 73 at Notes from ...
Jul 31, 2008 ... 15 Responses to 'Asturian Blowholes – Notes from Spain Podcast 73' ... you can go to “Sidrería los bufones”, which is just on the other side ...
www.notesfromspain.com/.../asturian-blowholes-notes-from-sp... - Cached - Similar
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Bufón Arenillas
5 min - Dec 14, 2007 -
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durante el temporal en el Cantábrico el 9-Diciembre-2007. ... bufon bufones blowhole blowholes llanes asturias acantilados marejada cantabrico ...
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Asturias natural paradise
... a succesion of smooth beaches of fine sand and crystalline waters and tormented cliffs that spout sea-water through their famous bufones (blowholes). ...
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Fodor's Spain - Google Books Result
by Debbie Harmsen, John D. Rambow - 2006 - Travel - 831 pages
... arc bufones (blowholes), which occur nowhere else in Spain. Active blowholes shoot 4 ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1400017130...
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Spain Bike Tour - 8 days Touring Northern Spain, Cantabira & Asturias
For example cycle westwards and visit a string of fine beaches including the incredible landlocked beach of Gulpiyuri and see the famous bufones (blowholes) ...
www.totallyspain.com/spain_travel_itineries.asp?id=97 - Cached
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Asturias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... partly-paved nature route takes in some of Asturias' most spectacular coastal scenery, such as the noisy bufones (blowholes and the Playa de Ballota. ...
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Fodor's Spain 2009 - Google Books Result
2008 - Travel - 863 pages
Dotting the Asturian coast east and west of Llanes are bufones (blowholes), cavc-hke cavities that expel water when waves arc sucked in. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1400007046...
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The Complete Guide To: Asturias - Europe, Travel - The Independent
Feb 21, 2009 ... between Pendueles and LLanes; with the right tide, you'll see bufones, the natural blowholes that give noisy geyser-like performances. ...
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