Poole Harbour and Related Topics

Cork Harbour

Natural harbour and river estuary at the mouth of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.

Detail of 1780s map showing lower harbour islands (Spike, Haulbowline) and defensive structures (at Cove Fort, Fort Carlisle, Spike, Rams Head, and Roches Tower)

Plan of lower harbour showing location to main military installations: (A) Haulbowline Naval Base, (B) Fort Mitchel/Westmoreland, (C) Fort Meagher/Camden, (D) Fort Davis/Carlisle, (E) Fort Templebreedy

The fortifications of Camden Fort Meagher overlook the entrance to Cork Harbour.

A six-inch coastal defence gun on Spike Island protecting the mouth of the harbour.

The Swansea – Cork ferry docks at Ringaskiddy.

Other contenders include Halifax Harbour in Canada, Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka and Poole Harbour in England.

River Frome, Dorset

River in Dorset in the south of England.

It is navigable upstream from Poole Harbour as far as the town of Wareham.

Brownsea Island

The mock Tudor entrance added in the mid-1850s by William Waugh

Cottages at the eastern end of the island

Stone on Brownsea Island commemorating the experimental camp. Unveiled on 1 August 1967.

Robert Baden-Powell at the first Scout encampment on Brownsea Island held in August 1907

Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England.

Corfe Castle, captured and destroyed by Cromwell's army in 1646

Dorset

County in South West England on the English Channel coast.

Durdle Door, a natural arch near Lulworth Cove

The beach near Bournemouth Pier. Dorset's coastline is a major attraction for tourists.

Traction engines on display at the Great Dorset Steam Fair

During the Second World War, Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy, and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points.

Wareham, Dorset

Historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset.

"Bloody Bank" is the high point in the distance, on West Walls

The town is built on a strategic dry point between the River Frome and the River Piddle at the head of the Wareham Channel of Poole Harbour.

Port Jackson, also referred to as Sydney Harbour, is a ria, or drowned river valley. The deeply indented shape of the ria reflects the dendritic pattern of drainage that existed before the rise in sea level that flooded the valley.

Ria

Coastal inlet formed by the partial submergence of an unglaciated river valley.

Ria of San Vicente de la Barquera in Cantabria, Spain

Ria of Rijeka Dubrovačka in Dubrovnik, Croatia

Ria of Bay of Kotor in Kotor, Montenegro

Musandam Peninsula on the Strait of Hormuz

Tory Channel, in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds

England: The south coast of England is a submergent coastline which contains many rias, including Southampton Water, Poole Harbour, the estuary of the River Medina on the Isle of Wight, the estuaries of the Exe, Teign and Dart, then Kingsbridge Estuary, Plymouth Sound in Devon, and the estuaries of the River Fowey, River Fal and Helford River in Cornwall. On the north coast is the River Camel and the River Taw. In Essex is the Blackwater River and River Crouch.

Harbor

Sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked.

Tanjung Perak is a famous example of a natural harbor in Indonesia. The harbor location in Madura Strait.

The tiny harbor at the village of Clovelly, Devon, England

The harbor of Gorey, Jersey falls dry at low tide.

Punta del Este's harbor – nicknamed the Monte Carlo of South America

The harbor in Aberystwyth, painted c. undefined 1850

Poole Harbour in England, United Kingdom

Hamworthy

Village, parish, peninsula and suburb of Poole in Dorset, England.

It is sited on a peninsula of approximately 3 km2 that is bordered by the town of Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, Lytchett Bay to the west and Holes Bay to the east.

Studland

Village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England.

South West Coast Path stone sign near Studland

An example of fencing at Studland and its success

The village is located about 2 mi north of the town of Swanage, over a steep chalk ridge, and 3 mi south of the South East Dorset conurbation at Sandbanks, from which it is separated by Poole Harbour.