Whitecliff Bay

Whitecliff Bay

Whitecliff Bay is a sandy bay near the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight, England. It is a tourist site (the location of a holiday park) and of geological interest, being part of the Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges SSSI.

Geology

Whitecliff Bay, although lesser known than Alum Bay, has nearly identical geology to the latter, being a coastal section of the same strata which run east-west across the island. It displays a classic sequence of fossil-bearing Eocene beds of soft sands and clays, separated by an unconformity from the underlying Cretaceous Chalk Formation forming the headland of Culver Down to its west. Due to geological folding of the Alpine orogeny, the strata in the main section of the Bay are vertical, with younger rocks to the east. [West, Ian M. 2007. [http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/whitecl.htm Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight] , Geology of the Wessex Coast of England. School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Southampton University. Internet site. Version: 25 July 2007, retrieved 3 August 2008]

History

Whitecliff Bay was one of the landing points for the French invasion of the Isle of Wight (1545).

References

External links

* [http://www.whitecliff-bay.com/Whitecliff/Executables/GC440HomePage.dll?Website=Whitecliff&S=&DB=&Campaign=Home Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park]


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