Talk:Varne Bank
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Depth
How deep is the Varne Bank? Shallow according to this: http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2262155 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Varnebank (talk • contribs) 22:32, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
- On one nautical chart the shallowest point is entered as "4". But I don't know if this is metres, or feet or fathoms or whatever. The main shipping routes seem to be between "20" and "55" deep in this area. --BjKa (talk) 10:19, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Coordinates
When I found the page, it said no more than <!-- BAD coordinates {{coord|51|1|286|N|1|23|879|E|display=title}} -->
So I used this map in conjunction with the satellite view of Google Maps to come up with the coordinates of 51°0′0″N 1°22′30″E.
NB: According to the nautical chart the "Varne" lightship is not sitting on the sandbank, but slightly northeast of it.
--BjKa (talk) 10:19, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
Weblinks
Many of the links quoted as sources have gone dead in the meantime. --BjKa (talk) 10:49, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
- Broken links:
- ref name="Chirp 2006": http://www.chirp.co.uk/main/downloads/html/MFB11.htm MV Lowlands Maine] Maritime - 26 April 2006</ref>
- ref name="MCGA 2008": http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-newsroom/mcga-press-releases.htm?id=39DA3DEED38895BE&m=1&y=2008 Container Vessel "LT Cortesia" aground in Dover Strait] Maritime & Coastguard Agency - January 02, 2008</ref>
- ref name="Folkestone": http://www.thisisfolkestone.co.uk/home2.htm Folkestone Harbour] thisisfolkestone.co.uk</ref>
- ref name="Flint": https://www.istructe.org/thestructuralengineer/HC/Abstract.asp?PID=2830 AR Flint - Paper: The Proposed Bridge over the English Channel] Structural Engineer magazine</ref>
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