Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BULL-SAND

BULL-SAND, a shoal in the mouth of the Humber, near Spurn head, E. R. Yorkshire. A light-ship is on it, in 4½ fathoms, showing a fixed light, visible at the distance of 10 miles.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a shoal"   (ADL Feature Type: "bars (physiographic)")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bull Sand

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