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  2. Norfolk Basin (Oceania) - Wikipedia

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    The measured crustal thickness in the northern sectors vary between 12 and 8 km (7.5 and 5.0 mi) and are thicker than typical mid ocean oceanic crust. [15] The three plateaus within the basin could be best explained as continental fragments and it seems that the basin has both oceanic and continental components. [ 14 ]

  3. Category:Geography of Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    Populated places in Norfolk (5 C, 4 P) Ports and harbours of Norfolk (7 P) Protected areas of Norfolk (10 C, ...

  4. Norfolk, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk (locally / ˈ n ɔːr f ʊ k / ⓘ NOR-fuuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States.As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and the 96th-most populous city in the nation. [4]

  5. Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk (/ ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / NOR-fək) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and east, Cambridgeshire to the west, and Suffolk to the south.

  6. Naval Weapons Station Yorktown - Wikipedia

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    Yorktown was near the Navy Operating Base at Hampton Roads, the Norfolk Navy Yard, and the Fuel Bases of the Fifth Naval District. It had excellent transportation access, with the main lines of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway forming one of the boundaries of the Depot, and 5 mi (8 km) of waterfront on the navigable York River. Ocean-going ...

  7. Geology of Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    The larger part of Norfolk's bedrock geology is concealed beneath superficial deposits, the oldest of which is a spread of glacial till dating from the Anglian glaciation. Interspersed with the till are sheets of glacial sands and gravels.

  8. Acle Straight - Wikipedia

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    This reduced the distance from Great Yarmouth to Norwich by 3 miles 5 furlongs (5.83 km). [1] [3] The road was constructed by digging two parallel ditches, 37 feet (11 m) feet apart, with a surface comprising brushwood, gravel and soil from the ditches. It was largely complete by April 1831 and opened later that year. [4] [5]

  9. Naval Station Norfolk - Wikipedia

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    Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command.The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point.