Wave cut platform Flamborough A wave cut platform is formed
when a notch is formed at the
base of cliffs by attrition. As
time goes on, the notch gets
bigger and the cliff collapses as
its weight can no longer be
supported. The chalk platform
is left just a bit higher than the
sea bed.
Headland Flamborough Head Flamborough Head is a
resistant chalk cliff in the
Holderness, standing 400 feet,
and the chalk was laid down
100-700 million of years ago.
The headland is present in a
discordant Holderness coast,
where there is a layer of chalk
below a layer of till left behind
by glaciers 18,000 years ago,
during the last ice age. The
white cliffs erodes much
slower than the low coast of
Holderness to the south,
where the chalk is deeply
buried and the glacial boulder
clay above erodes very quickly-
2m per year. There are also
stacks, natural arches and
blowholes in the area.
Stack Old Harry Old Harry Rocks are located on
the headland between
Swanage and Studland Bay.
The headland is made out of
chalk, a hard rock. The
headland juts out into the sea,
so it is more vulnerable to
high-energy waves. As the
headland suffered hydraulic
action, first caves, then arches
formed. The tops of the arches
collapsed after being
weakened by rainfall and wind,
leaving disconnected stacks.
Over time Old Harry will
collapse to form a stump. The
bands of stone have been
gradually eroded over the
centuries, some of the earlier
stacks having fallen- Old Harry's
original wife fell in 1509.
Spit Spurn head, Humber estuary Spurn is made up of the
material which has been
when a notch is formed at the
base of cliffs by attrition. As
time goes on, the notch gets
bigger and the cliff collapses as
its weight can no longer be
supported. The chalk platform
is left just a bit higher than the
sea bed.
Headland Flamborough Head Flamborough Head is a
resistant chalk cliff in the
Holderness, standing 400 feet,
and the chalk was laid down
100-700 million of years ago.
The headland is present in a
discordant Holderness coast,
where there is a layer of chalk
below a layer of till left behind
by glaciers 18,000 years ago,
during the last ice age. The
white cliffs erodes much
slower than the low coast of
Holderness to the south,
where the chalk is deeply
buried and the glacial boulder
clay above erodes very quickly-
2m per year. There are also
stacks, natural arches and
blowholes in the area.
Stack Old Harry Old Harry Rocks are located on
the headland between
Swanage and Studland Bay.
The headland is made out of
chalk, a hard rock. The
headland juts out into the sea,
so it is more vulnerable to
high-energy waves. As the
headland suffered hydraulic
action, first caves, then arches
formed. The tops of the arches
collapsed after being
weakened by rainfall and wind,
leaving disconnected stacks.
Over time Old Harry will
collapse to form a stump. The
bands of stone have been
gradually eroded over the
centuries, some of the earlier
stacks having fallen- Old Harry's
original wife fell in 1509.
Spit Spurn head, Humber estuary Spurn is made up of the
material which has been
