MOD Shoeburyness
MOD Shoeburyness is a Ministry of Defence installation, managed by QinetiQ, at Pig's Bay near Shoeburyness in Essex. The site consists of a range covering a land area of 7,500 acres with 35,000 acres of tidal sands and 21 operational firing areas.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: military installation
- Also known as: “MoD Shoeburyness”
MOD Shoeburyness
- Category: military base
- Location: Foulness Island, Rochford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5829° or 51° 34′ 58″ north
Longitude
0.96353° or 0° 57′ 49″ east
Operator
Open location code
9F32HXM7+5C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
OpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_area
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
“MOD Shoeburyness” goes by many names.
- Polish: “MoD Shoeburyness”
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