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| has gloss | eng: Flamborough Head is an eight mile (≈11.3 km) long promontory on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, and the resistance it offers to coastal erosion may be contrasted with the low coast of Holderness to the south. There are larger numbers and a wider range of cave habitats at Flamborough than at any other chalk site in Britain, the largest of which are known to extend for more than 50 m from their entrance on the coast. Flamborough Head was featured on the television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of Yorkshire and briefly in the first series of Coast The flamborough lighthouse has 4 white flashes every 15 seconds. |
| lexicalization | eng: Flamborough Head |
| instance of | c/Headlands of England |
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| Norwegian Nynorsk | |
| has gloss | nno: Flamborough Head er eit 11 km langt nes på kysten av Yorkshire i England, mellom buktene og Bridlington ved Nordsjøen. Den harde kalkstein neset består av, gjer at det skil seg ut langs den låge kysten ved Holderness i sør. Det er fleire grotter med spor av menneske i Flamborough enn nokon anna stad i Storbritannia, og den største strekkjer seg meir enn 50 meter innover. |
| lexicalization | nno: Flamborough Head |
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| has gloss | nor: Flamborough Head er en 11 kilometer lang halvøy på kysten av Yorkshire i England, mellom Filey og Bridlington. Grunnen er kalkfjell og derfor mer motstandsdyktig mot erosjon enn for eksempel området sør for Flamborough Head, den lave kysten ved Holderness. Halvøya har fått betegnelsen verneområde (Special Area of Conservation (SAC)) av den britiske regjeringens Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). |
| lexicalization | nor: Flamborough Head |
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| geo loc | geographic location 54.11599 -0.08305 |
| media:img | Chalk Tower Flamborough Head 058031.jpg |
| media:img | Flamborough Lighthouse.JPG |
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