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The Jurassic Coast (also Dorset and East Devon Coast) is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset , a distance of about 96 miles (154 km), and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.
The "geoneedle" is made from different rocks along the Jurassic Coast and marks the western end at Orcombe Point near Exmouth, Devon. The following is a list of places on the Jurassic Coast in southern England, in East Devon and Dorset, from west to east. Note that this is a more complete list than the template below.
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".
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.
Lyme Regis (/ ˌ l aɪ m ˈ r iː dʒ ɪ s / LYME REE-jiss) is a town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter.Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", [3] it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border.
Jurassic Coast – World Heritage Site on the coast of southern England; Lagerstätte – Sedimentary deposit with well-preserved extraordinary fossils; Lists of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units; List of fossil parks around the world – Following is a list of protected areas where fossils are preserved, known as fossil parks
Another distinct filming location is Jurassic Kahili Ranch in Kauai. "Jurassic Park," "Jurassic Park: Lost World," "Jurassic Park III" and "Jurassic World" were all filmed there, according to the ...
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, southern England.The cove is one of the world's finest examples of such a landform, and is a World Heritage Site and tourist location with approximately 500,000 [1] visitors every year, of whom about 30 per cent visit in July and August. [2]