- Luccombe Chine
Location map
Isle of Wight
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caption=Luccombe Chine on the Isle of WightLuccombe Chine is a geological feature and visitor attraction south of the village of
Luccombe on theIsle of Wight ,England . A wooded coastal ravine, one of a number of suchchine s on the island created by stream erosion of softCretaceous rocks, it leads from the clifftop toLuccombe Bay .The Chine is at the eastern end of the Isle of Wight Undercliff landslip. A small fishing community existed at the foot of the Chine until 1910, when the settlement was destroyed by a landslip. ["Slope Stability Engineering", Institution of Civil Engineers, Thomas Telford, 1991 , ISBN 0727716603 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EKh33p1QNWEC&pg=PA225&dq=%22Luccombe+Chine%22&client=firefox-a&sig=ACfU3U0yF-Oo1C_n4YTCNDY7gG6BfJVEUg#PPA225,M1 Google Books, retrieved 3 August 2008] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.isleofwightattractions.co.uk/LuccombeWalk.htm Walk to Luccombe Chine and beach] , "Isle of Wight Attractions", retrieved 3 August 2008
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