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The table below is a list of the named sandbanks and shoals of the southern North Sea, the Dover Strait (Pas-de-Calais) and the eastern English Channel (La Manche). [ 9][ 10][ 11] The geographical extent is eastwards from a line (00°14'E) extending south from Beachy Head England to Étretat France in the English Channel, through the Straits of ...
Pages in category "Sandbanks of the North Sea" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Tertius (sandbank) Turbot Bank; V. Viking-Bergen Banks
Dogger Bank (Dutch: Doggersbank, German: Doggerbank, Danish: Doggerbanke) is a large sandbank in a shallow area of the North Sea about 100 kilometres (62 mi) off the east coast of England. During the last ice age, the bank was part of a large landmass connecting mainland Europe and the British Isles, now known as Doggerland.
The Outer Dowsing Shoal is a shallow-water sand bank, aligned north-west to south-east. [2] The shoal is about 19.5 km long and is rarely more than 1 km wide. Its mid point is located about 65.2 km due west of Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast. At its shallowest the water depth is 4 m. [2] The bank comprises gravel and sand deposits.
The Cleaver Bank (Dutch: Klaverbank) is a sandbank in the North Sea about 160 kilometres (99 miles) off the west coast of the Netherlands and south of the Dogger Bank. The size of the bank is about 1235 km 2. The bank is 30-40 metres below sea level. [1]
The Sandettie Bank (French: Banc de Sandettié) is an elongated sandbank in the southern North Sea, more specifically about in the middle of the northeastern entrance to the Strait of Dover. North-west of it are the hazardous Goodwin Sands, south of it the sandbank Ruytingen. The shoal represents a significant threat to the major shipping lanes ...
The Goodwin Sands. A draught of the Goodwin Sands Pl.XXII P169 RMG A8031-D (printed chart from 1750) Goodwin Sands is a 10-mile-long (16 km) sandbank at the southern end of the North Sea lying 6 miles (10 km) off the Deal coast in Kent, England. [1] The area consists of a layer of approximately 25 m (82 ft) depth of fine sand resting on an ...
The Viking-Bergen Banks are underwater hills in the North Sea, east of Shetland and west of Norway. When sea levels were lower during the Last Glacial Period, the hills formed an island that may have been occupied by humans. A map showing Viking-Bergen island to the north of Doggerland 10,000 BCE. From approximately 15,500 to 13,600 years ...