Editing Provence (section)

=== The Calanques ===
[[File:En-Vau calanque 2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Calanque En-Vau]]

The [[Calanques]] form a dramatic feature of the Provence coast, a 20-km long series of narrow inlets in the cliffs of the coastline between Marseille on the west and [[Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhône|Cassis]] on the east. The best known examples of this formation can be found in the [[Massif des Calanques]]. The highest peak in the massif is [[Mont Puget]], 565 metres high.

The best known calanques of the Massif des Calanques include the [[Calanque de Sormiou]], the [[Calanque de Morgiou]], the Calanque d'En-Vau, the Calanque de Port-Pin and the [[Calanque de Sugiton]].

The calanques are remains of ancient river mouths formed mostly during [[Tertiary]]. Later, during [[Quaternary glaciation]], as glaciers swept by, they further deepened those valleys which would eventually (at the end of the last glaciation) be invaded by the sea and become calanques.

The [[Cosquer cave]] is an underwater grotto in the Calanque de Morgiou, {{convert|37|m}} underwater, that was inhabited during [[Paleolithic]] era, when the sea level was much lower than today. Its walls are covered with paintings and engravings dating back to between 27,000 and 19,000 BC, depicting animals such as bison, ibex, and horses, as well as sea mammals such as seals, and at least one bird, the auk.