Ordnance Survey Maps and Wave Cut Platforms – Kimmeridge[The vertical Easting cutting through the centre is 91 prefix SY]This is a THINKING exercise, use your brain! [25]

1. What type of map is it? 1:25 000 or 1:50 000, why is this so. [2]

2. Kimmeridge Bay is bound by two features which make it a Bay, what are these called, and what are their local names? - One is obscured, guess carefully. [3]

3. How wide is Kimmeridge Bay and what is its orientation? [2]4. Compare and contrast the wave cut platforms of

Kimmeridge Bay with Hen Cliff. [4]- use the key below.5. The cliff consists of oil bearing Shales and gently dipping

limestone beds. What evidence is there of the shales – give a grid reference [3]

6. What does ‘gently dipping’ mean? [2]7. Clavell tower was dismantled and moved 200m inland, why

do you think this was necessary? [2]8. Why do you think that it is necessary to visit this area at

low tide? The blue line gives a clue. [2]9. How do the heights of the two cliffs differ? [2]10. From spot height 58 [9178] describe the shape of the

hill you are standing on. [3]