Beaufort's Dyke

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Coordinates: 54 ° 47 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  W

Beaufort's Dyke

Beaufort's Dyke is a sea ​​ditch about 50 km long and 5 km wide between Scotland and Northern Ireland .

Ammunition, including chemical weapons, and radioactive waste sunk between 1945 and 1976 pose a security risk.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rob Edwards: Danger from the deep | New Scientist November 18, 1995. Retrieved October 16, 2018
  2. BBC NEWS | Science / Nature | UK's undersea 'ticking timebombs'. By Alex Kirby. Last Updated: Friday, November 26th, 2004. Retrieved October 16, 2018