Corton Cliffs Explained

Corton Cliffs
Aos:Suffolk
Interest:Geological
Area:5.5 hectares
Notifydate:1987
Map: Magic Map

Corton Cliffs is a 5.5hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Lowestoft in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This is described by Natural England as a "nationally important" site, as it is the type locality for the Anglian glaciation around 450,000 years ago. The Anglian was the most extreme ice age of the Pleistocene epoch. The site displays the complete Anglian sequence and its relation to the preceding Cromerian stage.[4]

The site is a public beach.

References

52.509°N 1.75°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Corton Cliffs . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 8 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Map of Corton Cliffs. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 8 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Corton (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Corton Cliffs citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 8 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504194244/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002283.pdf. dead.

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