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Dorset's unitary authorities: 1 Dorset UA 2 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Dorset is a county in the middle of the south coast of England. It lies between the latitudes 50.512°N and 51.081°N and the longitudes 1.682°W and 2.958°W, and occupies an area of 2,653 km 2 (1,024 sq mi).
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There is a dearth of early written records about the arch, [12] though it has kept a name given to it probably over a thousand years ago. [10] In the late 18th century there is a description of the "magnificent arch of Durdle-rock Door", [10] and early 19th-century maps called it "Duddledoor" and "Durdle" or "Dudde Door".
A visitor centre and car park occupy a hillside at Lulworth Cove, a popular attraction in the Dorset National Landscape. The coast and countryside in the National Landscape area are valued for its recreational amenity value, with the Dorset National Landscape Partnership recognising pressure from a population of 2.15 million people who live within 40 miles of the National Landscape. [1]
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Kimmeridge Bay forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole area is part of the Dorset National Landscape. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that covers most of the area.
Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t. ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west.