Ladram Bay
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| Waters | English Channel | |
| Land mass | Great Britain (island) | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 39 '28 " N , 3 ° 16' 42" W | |
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| width | approx. 500 m | |
Ladram Bay is a secluded cove with a pebble beach, about 500 meters long, near Exmouth , in the county of Devon , on the English Channel coast of England . It is a bay secured by high cliffs.
location
Ladram Bay is approximately 18 kilometers southwest of the city of Exeter , and one kilometer southwest of the village of Otterton . It is about four kilometers southwest of Sidmouth and four kilometers northeast of Budleigh Salterton . Just southwest separates Small Stones Point Bay Chiselbury Bay . To the east is a hill called High Peak , below which are Hern Point and Big Picket Rocks .
The Caravan Park at Ladram Bay is the second largest holiday center in Devon.
geology
The coast and cliffs of East Devon and Dorset on the English Channel are some of the natural wonders of the world. From Orcombe Point , near Exmouth, to Old Harry Rocks , east of Studland Bay , there is a 155-kilometer stretch of coastline that was the first natural landscape in England to be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The pebble beach of Ladram Bay is part of the so-called Jurassic Coast .
- See also List of Places along the Jurassic Coast .
The rock layers along the Jurassic Coast tilted slightly to the east. That is why the oldest part of the coast is found in this area, progressively younger rocks form the cliffs further east. The natural revelations along the coast reveal a continuous sequence of geological structures formed in the Triassic , Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and represent around 185 million years of geological history.
The seaside resort is known for the red sandstone rocks from the Triassic period. They date from about 220,000,000 years ago. The rocks on the cliffs mostly consist of various layers of mudstone, but also layers of otter sandstone. Both sediments are distinctive red. This is caused by iron oxide, which testifies that they were formed in a desert. At the southwest end of the bay, pale tubes can be seen in the sandstone . These were the roots of plants that were able to survive in the harsh, dry climate of the Triassic.
The pinnacles in the bay are made of the same layers of stone as the cliffs, a relatively soft composition, but they have a harder layer of sandstone as a base that prevents them from being eroded by the sea.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dorset and East Devon Coast . UNESCO World Heritage Center. 2001. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Geology to see in Eastern Devon . Devon County Council. Archived from the original on January 8, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
