Dungeness

Dungeness is a headland on the coast of , England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, .
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: headland in Kent
  • Also known as: Dungeness, Kent

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dungeness Lighthouse and Dungeness Old Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961. Its construction was prompted by the building of Dungeness nuclear power station, which obscured the light of its predecessor which, though decommissioned, remains standing.

House
Photo: Jasper33, Public domain.
is a house on the coast in Dungeness, Kent. Originally a Victorian fisherman's hut, the house was purchased by director and artist Derek Jarman in 1987, and was his home until his death in 1994.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lydd-on-Sea and Lade.

Village
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in , England, lying on . It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.

Suburb
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in , England, lying on . It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent. is situated 2½ miles north of Dungeness.

Hamlet
Greatstone is a village on the coast of in , England. It is east of the town of and split between the civil parishes of New Romney and . is situated 4 miles north of Dungeness.

Dungeness

Latitude
50.91418° or 50° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
0.97289° or 0° 58′ 22″ east
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DSS
Open location code
9F22WX7F+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 28257623
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
9612894
Wiki­data ID
Q911577
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Dungeness” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Dungeness lurmuturra
  • Chinese: 邓杰内斯
  • Chinese: 邓杰内斯角
  • Chinese: 鄧傑內斯角
  • Czech: Dungeness
  • Dutch: Dungeness
  • Finnish: Dungeness
  • French: cap Dungeness
  • French: Dungeness headland
  • French: Dungeness
  • German: Dungeness
  • Hungarian: Dungeness-fok
  • Japanese: ダンジネス
  • Japanese: ダンジネス岬
  • Korean: 던지네스
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dungeness
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dungeness
  • Norwegian: Dungeness
  • Persian: دانجنس
  • Polish: Dungeness
  • Portuguese: Dungeness
  • Spanish: Cabo Dungeness
  • Swedish: Dungeness (udde)
  • Swedish: Dungeness
  • Welsh: Dungeness

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dungeness”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.