Spoil Heaps from the China Clay Industry
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Spoil Heaps from the China Clay Industry
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 8 Jul 2006
An older vegetated heap is in front and on top of and behind it a much more recent heap, barely vegetated. If you could scale these spoil heaps and look down the other side you would be looking into the huge Melbur China Clay pit.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.36152
Longitude
-4.931424