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Thus far we have a fairly standard spit formation mechanism. What makes Spurn Point interesting from a geomorphological perspective is the cyclical nature of the feature. This is due to the dual processes of ... REFERENCES: Boer, G De. (1964) Spurn Head: its history and evolution. Trans. Inst. Brit. Geogr. 34, 71-89...
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www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/ecolodge/25/spurn.htm
www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/ecolodge/25/spurn.htm
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Yorkshire and Lincolnshire | Spurn Point ... address: Spurn Point, Spurn, Humberside, HU12 0UB. ... This curving spit is only 50 metres wide in places, making it look like an elongated tongue.
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www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwonders/yorkshire/spurn/
www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwonders/yorkshire/spurn/
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Spurn Head, at the mouth of the Humber Estuary on the Yorkshire Coast ... Other Spurn Head related websites ... Spurn Head is a narrow spit of land at the mouth of the Humber Estuary which marks the southeasternmost point of the Yorkshire Coast.
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www.yorkshire-coast.com/spurn-head.html
www.yorkshire-coast.com/spurn-head.html
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The area known as Spurn forms the southern extremity of the Holderness coast and includes the unique feature of Spurn Head, a sand and shingle spit 5.5km long, reaching across the mouth of the Humber.
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www.bennett.karoo.net/topics/spurn.html
www.bennett.karoo.net/topics/spurn.html
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The sediment which is deposited usually builds up over the years to form a long ridge of material (usually sand or shingle). Such a ridge is called a spit. Spurn Head on the Holderness Coast is an example of this feature.
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www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/depositio...
www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/deposition.html
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Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a long, narrow spit of sand and shingle held together with mainly marram grass and sea buckthorn. It is a very unique place at just three and a half miles long and only fifty metres wide in places.
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www.ukattraction.com/yorkshire/spurn-point.htm
www.ukattraction.com/yorkshire/spurn-point.htm
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There's also a site for SPURN POINT: National nature reserve, and the spit example used by many schools. ... There are some good images of settlements like Grimsby and Cleethorpes, plus places like Mappleton, Spurn Head and Withernsea. These are excellent, large, free images, and now have some aerial views of Hull,
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www.geographypages.co.uk/coasts.htm
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There is also a case study of the Holderness Coast - including Flamborough, Hornsea, Mappleton and, of course, Spurn Head. Another good site about the Spurn Head Spit can be found here.
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freespace.virgin.net/kevin.foster1/mhsyear10.html
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