2014

NZ3092 : Sea coal

taken 11 years ago, near to Cresswell, Northumberland, England

Sea coal
Sea coal
Gravel sized and smaller washed into a hollow in the rocks.
Ellington Colliery closed on 26 January 2005. It was the last deep mine in the UK to extract coal from right under the sea, below here. The mine was only a couple of kilometres away from this site.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Estuary, Marine Rocks, Scree, Cliffs other tags: Sea Coal Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Rocks [4] · Coal [3] · Sea [3] ·
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NZ3092, 41 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Russel Wills   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 16 August, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 16 August, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 3009 9283 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:13.7265N 1:31.7083W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 30097 92833
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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