Information about Lavernock Point
Lavernock Point is a headland on the coast of South Wales, and lies 5 miles (8 km) south of Cardiff and the same distance east of Barry.
In the 1860s Lavernock Battery was built, with guns to protect the approaches to Cardiff.
On 18 May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp, a Cardiff Post Office engineer, transmitted the very first message by wireless telegraphy — radio — across the water between the island of Flat Holm and Lavernock Point, a distance of 3.5 miles (0 km). The message sent in Morse code was 'ARE YOU READY'.
A line drawn between Lavernock Point and Sand Point, Somerset marks the lower limit of the Severn estuary and the start of the Bristol Channel. Because of the extreme tidal range there are very strong currents or rips close inshore to the point with speeds that exceed 7 knots (13 km/h) for several hours at each tide.
Various proposal have been put forward to construct a Severn Barrage for tidal electricity production from Lavernock Point to Brean Down in Somerset.
Coordinates:
In the 1860s Lavernock Battery was built, with guns to protect the approaches to Cardiff.
On 18 May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp, a Cardiff Post Office engineer, transmitted the very first message by wireless telegraphy — radio — across the water between the island of Flat Holm and Lavernock Point, a distance of 3.5 miles (0 km). The message sent in Morse code was 'ARE YOU READY'.
A line drawn between Lavernock Point and Sand Point, Somerset marks the lower limit of the Severn estuary and the start of the Bristol Channel. Because of the extreme tidal range there are very strong currents or rips close inshore to the point with speeds that exceed 7 knots (13 km/h) for several hours at each tide.
Various proposal have been put forward to construct a Severn Barrage for tidal electricity production from Lavernock Point to Brean Down in Somerset.
Coordinates:
headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A bay is the reverse, rather an area of water bordered by land on three sides. A large headland may also be called a peninsula. Long, narrow and high headlands may be called promontories.
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Motto
Cymru am byth (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
Anthem
"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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Cymru am byth (Welsh)
"Wales forever"
Anthem
"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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City of Cardiff
Dinas Caerdydd
Administration
Constituent country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postal districts CF3, CF5, CF10, CF11, CF14, CF23, CF24, CF99
Dialling code 029
Vehicle codes CA-CO
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Dinas Caerdydd
Administration
Constituent country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postal districts CF3, CF5, CF10, CF11, CF14, CF23, CF24, CF99
Dialling code 029
Vehicle codes CA-CO
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Barry
Welsh - Y Barri
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Welsh - Y Barri
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Lavernock Battery was built at Lavernock Point, Wales on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission.
It was the most northerly of a chain of defences across the Bristol Channel, protecting the access to Bristol and Cardiff.
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It was the most northerly of a chain of defences across the Bristol Channel, protecting the access to Bristol and Cardiff.
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May 18 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Born March 25 1874
Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, Italy
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Guglielmo Marconi
Born March 25 1874
Palazzo Marescalchi, Bologna, Italy
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The term Wireless Telegraphy is a historic term rarely used today except as applied to early radio telegraph communications. Wireless telegraphy originated as a term to describe electrical signaling without the electric wires to connect the end points.
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Radio is the wireless transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space.
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Flat Holm (Welsh: Ynys Echni) is a Welsh island lying in the Bristol Channel approximately 3.5 miles from Lavernock Point in Glamorgan. It includes the most southerly point of Wales.
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Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message.
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For other uses of this term, see Sand Point (disambiguation).
Sand Point in Somerset is the peninsula stretching out from Middle Hope, which lies to the north of the village of Kewstoke, and the stretch of coastline called Sand Bay.
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Sand Point in Somerset is the peninsula stretching out from Middle Hope, which lies to the north of the village of Kewstoke, and the stretch of coastline called Sand Bay.
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River Severn (Welsh: Afon Hafren, Latin: Sabrina)
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The Severn at Shrewsbury from Shrewsbury Castle.
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Bristol Channel (Welsh: Môr Hafren) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from the West Country and extending from the lower estuary of the River Severn (Afon Hafren
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Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. More generally, tidal phenomena can occur in any object that is subjected to a gravitational field that varies in time and space, such as the
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knot is a unit of speed. The abbreviation preferred by maritime authorities in the USA[1], and Canada [2], as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is kn.
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Brean Down is a promontory off the coast of Somerset standing 320 feet high and extending 1½ miles into the Bristol Channel between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham on Sea.
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Somerset
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region South West England
Area
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Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region South West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
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geographic coordinate system enables every location on the earth to be specified by the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system aligned with the spin axis of the Earth.
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