An island no more

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The photograph on this page of An island no more by Jonathan Thacker as part of the Geograph project.

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An island no more

Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 7 Feb 2015

Although Read's Island is being eroded on the north side the South Channel is rapidly silting up. When the tide is as low as this there is no channel at all at the west end of the island, just mud.

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Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
53.680517
Longitude
-0.547584