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Flamborough Head

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Flamborough Head (flăm`bərə), chalk promontory, East Riding of Yorkshire, E England, N of Bridlington Bay. There is a lighthouse at the tip. Danes' Dyke (an ancient earthwork fortification) crosses the peninsula. The chalk cliffs are wave-carved into caves and stacks and are inhabited by flocks of seafowl.
Flamborough Head
a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire


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Four aircraft flew north to Yorkshire, and 15 miles off Flamborough Head released their weapons to the industries of the North-East.
The Teesside targets of the flying bombs; With Remembrance Day on the ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Off Spurn Head, at the mouth of the River Humber, QM2 took a course towards the famous landmarks of Flamborough Head, Filey and Scarborough.
QM2 enjoys 'lap of honour' by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Resources were also tasked to assist with a cliff rescue incident on Marsden Cliffs, as well as a group of people cut off by the tide at North Landing at Flamborough Head.
Sea distress channel is blocked on busy day by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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