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A simplified map showing the geology of the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall The Lizard complex is Britain 's most complete [ 7 ] example of an ophiolite . Much of the peninsula consists of the dark green and red rock, serpentinite , which forms cliffs as at Kynance Cove , and can be carved and polished to create ornaments.
Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, ...
The largest other islands are off the south coast: Looe Island and St Michael's Mount. The sea to the north of Cornwall is the Celtic Sea; before the usage of Celtic Sea it was part of the Bristol Channel. On Joel Gascoyne's map of 1699 this part of the Atlantic Ocean was named "The North Sea or Severn Channel". [2]
There are several islands scattered around the coastline of Cornwall. The majority are small islets , except the Isles of Scilly which is an inhabited archipelago situated 20 miles south-west of Lands End .
Geological map of western Cornwall, with the Isles of Scilly (inset) All the islands of Scilly are all composed of granite rock of Early Permian age, an exposed part of the Cornubian batholith . [ 49 ] [ 50 ] The Irish Sea Glacier terminated just to the north of the Isles of Scilly during the last ice age .
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St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, [1] meaning "hoar rock in woodland") [2] is a tidal island in Mount's Bay near Penzance, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom).The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts, passable (as is the beach) between mid-tide and low water.
Coastal erosion could leave the East Yorkshire town of Withernsea cut off, experts have warned.