Cliffs of dover
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After the ice ages, they were exposed to the rising sea. The chalk layer used to lay high above sea level during the ice ages and in many places additionally was covered with glaciers.
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By approximately 70 million years ago, this process had formed a mass of silica-specked chalk covering huge areas between Britain and the Baltic Sea - white cliffs like those of Dover (but smaller) are also found on the Danish islands of Mon and Langeland or the coasts of the island of Rügen in Germany. Subjected to the great pressures of the sea, the emptied skeletons of coral, sponges and other small sea creatures turned to sediment and began to accumulate on the ocean floor. The cliffs are composed mainly of coccoliths and trace their origins to the Cretaceous Period, approximately 136 million years ago, when the area between Britain in the west and Sweden/Poland in the east was submerged under deep tropical waters. On a clear day, the cliffs are easily visible from the French coast. Shakespeare Cliff marks the point where England most closely approaches continental Europe. The cliffs are located along the coastline between approximately: Latitude 51☀6'N, Longitude 1☁4'E and Latitude 51☁2'N, Longitude 1☂4'E. Because crossing at Dover was the primary route to the continent before air travel, the white line of cliffs also formed the first (or last) sight of the UK for travellers. The cliffs have great symbolic value for Britain because they face towards Continental Europe across the narrowest part of the English Channel, where invasions have historically threatened and against which the cliffs form a symbolic guard. The cliffs spread east and west from the town of Dover in the county of Kent, an ancient and still important English port. The cliff face, which reaches up to 350 feet high, owes its striking façade to its composition of chalk (pure white lime) accentuated by streaks of black flint. The cliffs are part of the North Downs formation. The white cliffs of Dover, immortalized in popular song and verse, are cliffs which form part of the British coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France. The petition also sparked several counter-petitions in response, which are still online.The cliffs seen across the channel from Cap Gris Nez, France Their Twitter account has never mentioned it, and it is not one of the petitions it has asked followers to sign. We’ve seen no evidence that the petition was connected to the official Black Lives Matter group in the UK, but we’ve asked them to confirm. They explained that: “We received multiple user complaints about it and when we assessed it we found it to be in breach of our Community Guidelines and so it was removed.” The petition also received coverage in Kent Online.Ĭ confirmed to us that this was a real petition, started by one of their users, which has since been taken down from the site. It doesn’t seem to be connected to the official Black Lives Matter group in the UK.Īn image that’s been shared thousands of times on Facebook claims to show a real petition on the campaigning site, calling for the White Cliffs of Dover to be renamed “The Black Lives Matter Cliffs of Dover”. This was a real petition, which has been taken down from the site for breaching its community standards.