- Compton Chine to Steephill Cove SSSI
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Compton Chine to Steephill Cove Site of Special Scientific Interest Area of Search Isle of Wight Grid reference SZ489763 Interest Biological and Geological Area 629.2 hectare Notification 2003 Location map Natural England Compton Chine to Steephill Cove is a 629.2 hectare Site of special scientific interest which extends from Compton Chine on the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight along the coast, round St. Catherine's Point to Steephill Cove, just west of Ventnor on the south-east coast of the IOW. This is the largest SSSI area on the IOW. The site was notified in 2003 for both its biological and geological features.
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight Alverstone Marshes • America Wood • Arreton Down • Bembridge Down • Bembridge School And Cliffs • Bonchurch Landslips • Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs • Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges • Briddlesford Copses • Calbourne Down • Colwell Bay • Compton Chine to Steephill Cove • Compton Down • Cranmore • Cridmore Bog • Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses • Freshwater Marshes • Garston's Down • Greatwood And Cliff Copses • Headon Warren And West High Down • King's Quay Shore • Lacey's Farm Quarry • Lake Allotments • Locks Farm Meadow • Medina Estuary • Mottistone Down • Newtown Harbour • Northpark Copse • Parkhurst Forest • Priory Woods • Prospect Quarry • Rew Down • Rowridge Valley • Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek • Shide Quarry • St Lawrence Bank • The Wilderness • Thorness Bay • Ventnor Downs • Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges • Yar EstuaryCategories:- Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight
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