Coastal Physiographic Features - Embayment

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Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Last updated:
17 May 2018
Topic:
Environment
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Open Government Licence
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Summary

This is a shapefile of the coastal physiographic feature 'embayment'. Th polygons in this shapefile represent the boundaries of embayments of the UK. Where, embayment is defined using the Annex I definition: An enclosed area of coast in which the entrance provides shelter from onshore winds for the major part of the coast inside, but which is not a sealoch, voe, ria, estuary or lagoon.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2018-05-17
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Harvest GUID
5593ab7f-3ca4-41fc-ba32-f36b04574268
Extent
Latitude: 58.982534° to 50.303164°
Longitude: -7.44934° to 1.290851°
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2013 (publication)
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Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC (pointOfContact)
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Metadata language
eng
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