Geology of Dorset

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 102. Chapters: Headlands of Dorset, Jurassic Coast, Chesil Beach, Weymouth, Dorset, Isle of Portland, South West Coast Path, Swanage, Lyme Regis, Portland stone, Sidmouth, Abbotsbury, The Undercliff, Hengistbury Head, Charmouth, St. Aldhelm's Chapel, St. Aldhelm's Head, Seaton, Devon, Oxford Clay Formation, Budleigh Salterton, Worth Matravers, Tyneham, Branscombe, Lulworth Cove, Portland Harbour, Beer, Devon, Burton Bradstock, Durdle Door, Flower's Barrow, Kimmeridge, Gad Cliff, Wytch Farm, Great Globe, List of places on the Jurassic Coast, Dinosaurland Fossil Museum, Brandy Bay, Dorset, Old Harry Rocks, Lyme Bay, Beer Quarry Caves, Worbarrow Bay, Durlston Castle, Clavell Tower, Bindon Hill, Tilly Whim Caves, Ladram Bay, St Alban's Head, Purbeck Marble, Golden Cap, West Bay, Dorset, Kimmeridge Oil Field, Durlston Country Park, Blue Pool, Orcombe Point, Cow Corner, White Nothe, Anvil Point, High Peak, Devon, Osmington Mills, Pondfield Cove, Ringstead Bay, Black Ven, Bowleaze Cove, Dorset Downs, Chesil Cove, Worbarrow Tout, Dancing Ledge, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, Lulworth Military Range, Ballard Down, Danger Point, Peak Hill, Devon, Purbeck Monocline, Otter Cove, Sandy Bay, Devon, Furzy Cliff, Winspit, Swyre Head, Straight Point, Weymouth Bay, Swyre Head, Lulworth, Weymouth Beach, Stonebarrow, Lyme Regis Museum, Portland Bill, Pulpit Rock, Hobarrow Bay, Redcliff Point, Parson's Barn, West Bexington, Church Ope Cove, The Spittles, Bran Point, Fossil Forest, Dorset, Portland Museum, Dorset, Jordan Hill, Dorset, Durlston Bay, Scratchy's Bottom, Weston Mouth, Dorset County Museum, Pinhay Bay, Greenhill, Dorset, Peveril Point, Black Head, Dorset, Bat's Head, St Oswald's Bay, Clay Ope, Broadrock, Perry Ledge, Stair Hole, Chalbury Hill And Quarry, Man of War Bay, Dungy Head, Lulworth Estate, Portland Admiralty Roach, Goathill Quarry, Corton Cutting, Bradford Abbas Railway Cutting, Hen Cliff, Shillingstone Quarry, Conegar Road Cutting, Frogden Quarry, Newton's Cove. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Connection Timeout The Isle of Portland is a limestone tombolo or tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) wide, in the English Channel. Portland is 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England. A tombolo over which the A354 road runs connects it to Chesil Beach and the mainland. Portland and Weymouth together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The population of Portland is almost 13,000. Portland is a central part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Its name is used for one of the British Sea Areas, and has been exported as the name of North American and Australian towns. Portland stone, famous for its use in British and world architecture, including St Paul's Cathedral and the United Nations Headquarters, continues to be quarried. Portland Harbour, in the bay between Portland and Weymouth, is one of the largest man-made harbours in the world. The harbour was formed by the building of stone breakwaters between 1848 and 1905. From its inception it was a Royal Navy base, and played prominent roles during World War I and World War II; ships of the Royal Navy and NATO countries worked up and exercised in its waters until 1995. The harbour is now a civilian port and popular recreation area, which will be used for the 2012 Olympic Games. Por...