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DSV-4 (formerly known as Sea Cliff) is a 25-ton, crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy, now known only by its hull number, not by its former name. DSV-4 is an Alvin -class deep submergence vehicle (DSV), a sister ship to Turtle (DSV-3) and Alvin (DSV-2) .
Blowhole – Hole at the top of a sea-cave which allows waves to force water or spray out of the hole; Channel – Narrow body of water; Cape – Large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea; Calanque – Narrow inlet on the Mediterranean coast; Cliff – Tall, near vertical rock face; Coast – Area where land meets the sea ...
The Kame, Foula, Shetland, 376 m above the North Atlantic, second highest sea cliff in the UK; St John's Head, Hoy, Orkney, 335m above the North Atlantic, highest purely vertical sea cliff in the UK [1] Hangman cliffs, Devon 318 m above Bristol Channel is the highest sea cliff in England
Well-known coasts with living cliffs in Germany are the Red Cliff (Rote Kliff) in Kampen on the island of Sylt or the chalk cliffs on the Jasmund Peninsula. The Königsstuhl on the island of Rügen is a good example of a dead cliff. Others may be found in the regions of the present-day Wadden Sea coast of the North Sea a few kilometres inland ...
The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving. There may be other meanings in other contexts. Underwater diving can be described as a human activity – intentional, purposive, conscious and subjectively meaningful sequence of actions. Underwater diving is practiced as part of an occupation, or for recreation, where the ...
Astola Island, Balochistan, Pakistan. Astola Island (Urdu: جزِیرہ اَستُولا) also known as Jezira Haft Talar (Balochi: زروان ءِ هفت تلار, Urdu: جزیرہ ہفت تلار), Satadip, 'Island of the Seven Hills' or Dajjal Island is a small uninhabited Pakistani island in the Arabian Sea approximately 25 km (16 mi) south of the nearest part of the coast and 39 km (24 mi ...
Wave pounding is when the sheer energy of the wave hitting the cliff or rock breaks pieces off. Abrasion or corrasion is caused by waves launching sea load at the cliff. It is the most effective and rapid form of shoreline erosion (not to be confused with corrosion). Corrosion is the dissolving of rock by carbonic acid in sea water. [28]
Slieve League or Slieve Liag [3] (Irish: Sliabh Liag, meaning 'mountain of stone pillars') [4] is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, Ireland. At 601 metres (1,972 ft), it has the second-highest sea cliffs in Ireland after Croaghaun, [5] and some of the highest sea cliffs in Europe. Belfast naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger wrote ...