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[[Image:Egmont bight from freshwater steps promontory dorset.jpg|right|thumb|Looking down on the beach at Egmont Bight]] |
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'''Egmont Bight''' is a shallow embayment at the southern end of the Encombe valley in [[Dorset]], [[England]] |
'''Egmont Bight''' is a shallow embayment at the southern end of the Encombe valley in [[Dorset]], [[England]] |
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==Geology== |
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The bay exposes good sections of Upper Kimmeridge shale and mudstone, with some [[bituminous shale]] and some small calcareous nodules.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/Chapmans-Pool.htm#Locations-Egmont-Bight | title=West, I.M. (2007) Chapman's Pool (Chapmans Pool), Houns-tout and Egmont Bight, Kimmeridge region, Dorset; Geology of the Wessex Coast | accessdate=2008-10-26}}</ref> |
The bay exposes good sections of Upper Kimmeridge shale and mudstone, with some [[bituminous shale]] and some small calcareous nodules.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/Chapmans-Pool.htm#Locations-Egmont-Bight | title=West, I.M. (2007) Chapman's Pool (Chapmans Pool), Houns-tout and Egmont Bight, Kimmeridge region, Dorset; Geology of the Wessex Coast | accessdate=2008-10-26}}</ref> |
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On foot the stony beach is only accessible at low tide by walking {{convert|1.0|km|mi|1|adj=on}} west around Egmont Point from the beach at [[Chapman's Pool]]. There is no safe route down from the clifftop [[South West Coast Path|coast path]], across Houns-tout cliff, nor around the Freshwater Steps promontory at the beach's western end. |
On foot the stony beach is only accessible at low tide by walking {{convert|1.0|km|mi|1|adj=on}} west around Egmont Point from the beach at [[Chapman's Pool]]. There is no safe route down from the clifftop [[South West Coast Path|coast path]], across Houns-tout cliff, nor around the Freshwater Steps promontory at the beach's western end. |
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The [[Jurassic Coast]] stretches over a distance of {{convert|153|km|mi|0}}, from [[Orcombe Point]] near [[Exmouth, Devon|Exmouth]], in the west, to [[Old Harry Rocks]] on the [[Isle of Purbeck]], in the east <ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2001 | url = http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1029 | title = Dorset and East Devon Coast | format = | work = | publisher = UNESCO World Heritage Centre | accessdate = 2007-01-14}}</ref>. The coastal exposures along the coastline provide a continuous sequence of [[Triassic]], [[Jurassic]] and [[Cretaceous]] rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earths history. The localities along the Jurassic Coast includes a large range of important [[fossil]] zones. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[List of Dorset beaches]] |
* [[List of Dorset beaches]] |
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* [[Jurassic Coast]] |
* [[Jurassic Coast]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Image:Freshwater steps promontory east side.jpg|East side of the small Freshwater Steps promontory |
Image:Freshwater steps promontory east side.jpg|East side of the small Freshwater Steps promontory |
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Image:Cliff fall egmont bight dorset.jpg|Cliff-fall of shale on the beach |
Image:Cliff fall egmont bight dorset.jpg|Cliff-fall of shale on the beach |
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Revision as of 22:45, 24 January 2010
Egmont Bight is a shallow embayment at the southern end of the Encombe valley in Dorset, England
Geology
The bay exposes good sections of Upper Kimmeridge shale and mudstone, with some bituminous shale and some small calcareous nodules.[1]
On foot the stony beach is only accessible at low tide by walking 1.0-kilometre (0.6 mi) west around Egmont Point from the beach at Chapman's Pool. There is no safe route down from the clifftop coast path, across Houns-tout cliff, nor around the Freshwater Steps promontory at the beach's western end.
The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks on the Isle of Purbeck, in the east [2]. The coastal exposures along the coastline provide a continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earths history. The localities along the Jurassic Coast includes a large range of important fossil zones.
See also
References
- ^ "West, I.M. (2007) Chapman's Pool (Chapmans Pool), Houns-tout and Egmont Bight, Kimmeridge region, Dorset; Geology of the Wessex Coast". Retrieved 2008-10-26.
- ^ "Dorset and East Devon Coast". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 2001. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
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Egmont Bight
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Stony beach, Egmont Bight
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East end of the beach
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West end of the beach
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East side of the small Freshwater Steps promontory
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Cliff-fall of shale on the beach
50°35′42″N 2°4′38″W / 50.59500°N 2.07722°W
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