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FORELAND, NORTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 644 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FORELAND, See also:NORTH and See also:SOUTH, two See also:chalk headlands on the See also:Kent See also:coast of See also:England, overlooking the Strait of See also:Dover, the North Foreland forming the eastern See also:projection of the Isle of See also:Thanet, and the. South See also:standing 3 M. N.E. of Dover. Both See also:present bold cliffs to the See also:sea, and command beautiful views over the strait. On the North Foreland (51° 221' N., 1° 27' E.) there is a, lighthouse, and on the South Foreland (51° Sz' N., I° 23'E.) there are two. There is also a Foreland on the north coast of See also:Devonshire, 21 M. N.E. of Lynmouth, a See also:fine projection of the See also:highlands of Exmoor See also:Forest, overlooking the See also:Bristol Channel, and forming the most northerly point of the See also:county.

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