Thames Estuary

The Thames Estuary is where the meets the waters of the , in the south-east of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Estuary
  • Description: estuary in which the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea
  • Also known as: “Estuario del rio Tamesis”, “Estuario del rio Támesis”, “Estuario del río Tamesis”, “Estuario del río Támesis”, “Estuario del Tamesis”, “River Thames Sea Reach”, “Themsen-estuaret”, and “テムズ河口”

Places of Interest

Highlights: SS Richard Montgomery.

Disaster remains
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is a wrecked American Liberty ship that was built during World War II.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shoeburyness and Sheerness.

Town
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, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town… is situated 3 miles north of Thames Estuary.

Town
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is a port town and civil parish beside the… is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thames Estuary.

Suburb
is a suburb of the town of on the in . is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thames Estuary.

Thames Estuary

Latitude
51.4863° or 51° 29′ 11″ north
Longitude
0.80003° or 0° 48′ 0″ east
Open location code
9F32FRP2+G2
Geo­Names ID
2636060
Wiki­data ID
Q3059075
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Thames Estuary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مصب التيمز”
  • Basque: “Tamesisen estuarioa”
  • Belarusian: “Эстуарый Тэмзы”
  • Catalan: “estuari del Tàmesi”
  • Cebuano: “Thames Estuary”
  • Chinese: “泰晤士河口”
  • Chinese: “泰晤士河河口”
  • Czech: “ústí Temže”
  • Dutch: “Thames Estuary”
  • Estonian: “Thamesi suudmeala”
  • French: “Estuaire de la Tamise”
  • Galician: “estuario do Támese”
  • Greek: “εκβολές του Τάμεση”
  • Hebrew: “שפך התמזה”
  • Irish: “Inbhear na Tamaise”
  • Italian: “Estuario del Tamigi”
  • Japanese: “テムズ三角江”
  • Korean: “템스 강어귀”
  • Marathi: “थेम्सचे मुख”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Themsenestuariet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Themsenestuaret”
  • Russian: “Эстуарий Темзы”
  • Slovenian: “estuarij Temze”
  • Slovenian: “Estuarij Temze”
  • Spanish: “Estuario del Támesis”
  • Swedish: “Thames Estuary”
  • Swedish: “Themsens mynning”
  • Turkish: “Thames Halici”
  • Ukrainian: “Естуарій Темзи”
  • Welsh: “Aber Tafwys”
  • Yiddish: “טעמז-לעפצונג”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cambridge Town and Barton’s Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Great Nore and Shoeburyness railway station.

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