Bat's Head

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View west towards Bat's Head with the Isle of Portland in the distance. Bats head and portland dorset.jpg
View west towards Bat's Head with the Isle of Portland in the distance.
View east towards Bat's Head from White Nothe. Bat's Head - Dorset.jpg
View east towards Bat's Head from White Nothe.

Bat's Head is a chalk headland on the Dorset coast in southern England, located between Swyre Head and Durdle Door to the east, and Chaldon Hill and White Nothe to the west. [1] [2] At the base of the headland is the small Bat's Cave.

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References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 194 Dorchester & Weymouth (Cerne Abbas & Bere Regis) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319232132.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

Coordinates: 50°37′22″N2°17′28″W / 50.6227°N 2.2910°W / 50.6227; -2.2910