What is recorded here
Boat Scar is shown as a cliff on the public map of County Durham. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Boat Scar is a sea cliff composed primarily of Carboniferous limestone, formed around 340 to 320 million years ago through the accumulation of marine sediments. It is notable for its exposure of geological strata and its role in illustrating the coastal erosion processes along the Durham coast.
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Places near here
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