Goodwin Sands
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51°16′25″N1°30′30″E/ 51.27361°N 1.50833°E
Goodwin Sandsje 16 km dug pješčanisprudnaengleskojobaliLa Manchea,oko 9 km istočno od mjestaDealu grofovijiKent.[1]Tzv.Brake Bankkoji se nalazi nasuprot obali je dio istegeološkecjeline.[2][3]S obzirom da leži u blizini prometnogmorskog kanala,vjeruje se da su se na njemu nasukalo ili potonulo preko 2000 brodova, pa je zbog toga obilježen nizombrodova-svjetionikaibova.NajpoznatijeolupinesuVOC shipRooswijk,HMSStirling Castle,SSMontroseiSouth Goodwin Lightship.U blizini se vodilo nekolikopomorskih bitaka,uključujućibitku kod Godwin Sandsa1652. iBitku u Doverskom prolazu1917.
- ↑Cloet, R. L. (1954). "Hydrographic Analysis of the Goodwin Sands and the Brake Bank". The Geographical Journal 120 (2): 203–215.
- ↑R. L. Cloet, "Hydrographic Analysis of the Goodwin Sands and the Brake Bank",The Geographical Journal,120.2 (June 1954:203-215). Cloet demolished the story that the Goodwin Sands had been a low-lying island, identifying itshydrofoilshape formed by currents, and charting its anti-clockwise drift.
- ↑Cloet, R. L. (1961). "Development of the Brake Bank". The Geographical Journal 127 (3): 335–339.