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North Foreland, and South Foreland

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North Foreland, and South Foreland headlands of Kent, SE England, forming parts of the boundary of The Downs (a roadstead). South Foreland is 4 mi (6.4 km) NE of Dover, and North Foreland is near Margate. Both are chalk cliff formations, and both have lighthouses. The defeat (1666) of the Dutch under De Ruyter off the Forelands was an important battle in the history of British seapower.

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Foreland, North and South

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Foreland, North and South, two famous headlands on the eastern coast of Kent, the South Foreland being 4.8 kilometres (3 mls.) north-east of Dover and the North Foreland marking the southern end of the entry to the Thames estuary. Both appear widely in marine literature and several battles during the 17th-century Anglo-Dutch wars were fought there.

See also downs.

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