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The Vectis Formation is a geological formation on the Isle of Wight and Swanage, England whose strata were formed in the Barremian, approximately 125 million years ago. [1] [2] The environment of deposition was that of a freshwater coastal lagoon with occasional marine influence after the early Aptian marine transgression, transitioning from the floodplain environment of the underlying Wessex ...
Printable version; Page information; ... Southern Vectis ADL Enviro MMC 1660 HW67AHY at Shanklin, Isle of Wight operating route 3 to Ryde.
Geological map of the Isle of Wight. The geology of the Isle of Wight is dominated by sedimentary rocks of Cretaceous and Paleogene age. This sequence was affected by the late stages of the Alpine Orogeny, forming the Isle of Wight monocline, the cause of the steeply-dipping outcrops of the Chalk Group and overlying Paleogene strata seen at The Needles, Alum Bay and Whitecliff Bay.
Exposure of the Wessex and Vectis Formations on the South Coast of the Isle of Wight, shown in turquoise. Exposures of the Wessex and Vectis Formations in southern Dorset, shown in turquoise. The Wessex Formation is a fossil -rich English geological formation that dates from the Berriasian to Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous .
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Detailed map of the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is situated between the Solent and the English Channel, is roughly rhomboid in shape, and covers an area of 150 sq mi (380 km 2). Slightly more than half, mainly in the west, is designated as the Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Chink, on the Isle of Wight The Chink is a scenic rock cleft between Bonchurch and Luccombe , Isle of Wight , with steps descending from St Boniface Down to the Bonchurch Landslips below. Its upper end is at the northern end of clifftop parkland accessed from the Leeson Road ( A3055 ) car park, where there is a Southern Vectis bus route 3 stop.
Electric services on the Isle of Wight commenced on 20 March 1967. In service, the 4Vec units often worked alone, but sometimes in combination with a 3Tis unit, such that a train was formed of seven coaches known as a 7 Vectis. [6] ("Vectis" was the Roman name for the Isle of Wight. [7])