Jurassic Coast

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World Heritage Site coastal region tourist destination

The Jurassic Coast is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed stretch of southern England’s coastline famed for its dramatic cliffs, geological formations, and rich fossil beds spanning 185 million years of Earth’s history.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Jurassic Coast canonical	46
Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site	10
Jurassic Coast cliffs	2
Jurassic Coast region	2
Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site area	1
Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site sections	1
Jurassic Coast area	1
jurassic coast region	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ coastal region ⓘ tourist destination ⓘ
contains	Beer ⓘ Charmouth ⓘ Chesil Beach ⓘ Durdle Door ⓘ Golden Cap ⓘ Lulworth Cove ⓘ Lyme Regis ⓘ Sidmouth ⓘ West Bay ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
extendsFrom	Orcombe Point ⓘ
extendsTo	Old Harry Rocks ⓘ
fossilType	ammonites ⓘ ichthyosaurs ⓘ marine reptiles ⓘ plesiosaurs ⓘ
geologicalFeature	arches ⓘ barrier beach ⓘ cliffs ⓘ coves ⓘ sea stacks ⓘ
geologicalTimeSpan	185 million years ⓘ Cretaceous ⓘ surface form: Cretaceous period Jurassic Period ⓘ surface form: Jurassic period Triassic ⓘ surface form: Triassic period
heritageCriteria	Natural: (viii) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
highestPoint	Golden Cap ⓘ
highestPointElevation	191 metres ⓘ
inscriptionYear	2001 ⓘ
knownFor	coastal erosion landforms ⓘ dramatic cliffs ⓘ geological formations ⓘ rich fossil beds ⓘ
length	155 kilometres ⓘ 96 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Dorset ⓘ East Devon ⓘ England ⓘ southern England ⓘ
majorTownNearby	Exeter ⓘ Poole ⓘ Weymouth ⓘ
managingAuthority	Jurassic Coast Trust ⓘ
partOf	Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ East Devon AONB ⓘ surface form: East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty South Coast of England ⓘ surface form: English Channel coast
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1029 ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portland, Dorset, England → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

southwest England → hasWorldHeritageSite → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwest England

South Coast of England → contains → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Dorset → knownFor → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Dorset → hasWorldHeritageSite → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

United Kingdom coastline → notableFeature → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Worth Matravers → locatedOnCoastOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Portland stone → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Abbotsbury → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Devon → hasHeritageCoast → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Devon → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Weymouth railway station → servedPlace → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Chesil Beach → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Chesil Beach → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Dorset and East Devon Coast → alsoKnownAs → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Portland Bill → locatedIn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Portland Bill → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Portland Bill lighthouse → locatedOnCoastOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Portland Bill Lighthouse

Portland Harbour → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast region

Weston → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: jurassic coast region

Weston → near → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Southwell → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Southwell → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site area

Weymouth → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast area

Weymouth → UNESCOStatusNearby → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Sidmouth, Devon, England → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: Sidmouth

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Isle of Purbeck → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Isle of Purbeck → knownFor → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast cliffs

Weymouth, Dorset, England → near → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Portland → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Portland → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Kimmeridge → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Kimmeridge → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

South West → contains → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

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South West → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

subject surface form: South West England

Exmouth → near → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Swanage → locatedNear → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty → hasPart → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty → knownFor → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site sections

Lyme Regis → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Poole Harbour → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast region

Kingston, Dorset → nearFeature → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Bridport → locatedNear → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Lulworth Cove → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Durdle Door → locatedIn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Durdle Door → onUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Durdle Door → coast → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Golden Cap → locatedOn → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

Golden Cap → partOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Lewesdon Hill → hasViewOf → Jurassic Coast ⓘ