Chesil Cove at Chiswell with Chesil Beach stretching off into the distance

Chesil Cove is a beach which is the most southerly part of the 18-mile (29 km) long Chesil Beach in Dorset, England. Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, is a Tombolo in Dorset, southern England. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, is a Tombolo in Dorset, southern England. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

The beach protects the low lying village of Chiswell in Underhill on the Isle of Portland from flooding. Chiswell (pronounced Chesil Chis-well or Chisel sometimes called Chesilton is a small fishing Village at the southern end of Chesil Beach, in Underhill The Isle of Portland ( is a limestone tied island long by wide in the English Channel.

Diving

Chesil Cove is also a haven for scuba divers, who flock from around Britain to dive it. Scuba diving is swimming underwater, or taking part in another activity while using a Scuba set. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The cove being a reasonably shallow (10 to 15 metre / 33 to 50 feet) shore dive, which suffers little from tidal current, is an ideal site for increasing the experience of trainee divers. The cove has an interesting selection of south coast marine life such as nudibranch, dogfish, spider crab, lobster, cuttle fish, pipefish and John Dory. A nudibranch (pronounced (BrE or (AmE is a member of one Suborder of soft-bodied shell-less marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusks In freshwater lakes and rivers "Dogfish" refers to a member of the Bowfin family Clawed lobsters compose a family ( Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine Crustaceans Lobsters are economically important as Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida belonging to the Cephalopoda class (which also includes Squid, Octopuses Pipefishes or pipe-fishes ( Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small Fishes which with the Seahorses form a distinct family John Dory, also known as St Pierre refers to fish of the genus Zeus, especially Zeus faber, of widespread distribution

In the age of sail Portland was a barrier preventing the escape of sailing ships from the lee shore and the cove being deep in the eastern end of the Lyme Bay was where some of those ships came ashore. The Age of Sail was the period in which International trade and Naval warfare were dominated by Sailing Ships lasting from the 16th to the mid The terms lee shore and weather or windward shore are nautical terms used to describe a stretch of Shoreline. Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel situated in the southwest of England between Torbay in the west and Portland in the east Although there have been many shipwrecks in the cove, few significant divable remains exist close to the beach. A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink the stranding of the ship on rocks

Fishing

Through fishing, the beach provided the main occupation for the villagers of Chiswell and the rest of the islanders. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish. The beach is still used by sea anglers and the British shore-captured rockling record was set there in 1992. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ^ "Portland Fishing - Chesil Cove", portlandbill. co. uk. Retrieved on 2007-11-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with  
2. ^ "Rockling Sea Fish", sea-fishing. org. Retrieved on 2007-11-06. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with  

See also

• List of Dorset beaches
• Jurassic Coast