Beachy Head, Beachy Head, on the south coast of East Sussex in the UK, is a chalky cliff along its entire length. Cretaceous cliffs - a familiar phenomenon for the southern English shores. The height of the rock here reaches 1500 meters.
A huge boulder was formed at least 65 million years ago. Once this area was underwater, and rose to the surface in the Cenozoic era. After the end of the glacial period, the rising sea level formed the English Channel and the rocks along the Sussex coast.
The name of the cape is French, and it was originally called Beau chef or translated “Beautiful Cape”. Later, the word was transformed into English.
From the top there is a wonderful panorama of the coast from eastern Cape Dungeness to western Celsey-Bill. A ridge of elevations is formed just a couple of kilometers to the north-west. Her ups and downs are called the Seven Sisters. These places are very dangerous for ships. Therefore, in the 1830s, a lighthouse was built here. In 1902, it was transferred to the open sea, and since 1983, work began automatically. Limestone is gradually eroded by the waves, resulting in minor collapses. Much less often large. The last of them was in 2001 due to strong spring storms.
