Location: Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom, 2010.

Geography and Climate: Swanage is located in Swanage Bay in Dorset on the south coast of England at 50°36′43″N 1°57′30″W (50.612, −1.958). The bay is east facing and is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 km south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester.

The northern headland of the bay is formed of chalk, the southern of Purbeck Limestone, with softer primarily Wealden clays forming the bay and valley in which the town is sited.

As with the rest of the British Isles Swanage experiences a maritime climate with warm (but not hot) summers and cool (but not cold) winters. Rainfall typically peaks in winter, and is at its lowest during summer.

The town’s position on an east-facing bay provides it some protection from the prevailing southwesterly winds. By Wikipedia.

My other photographs taken at Swanage area:

Location: Ladram Bay, Jurassic Coast, Devon, United Kingdom, 2012.

Little bit of history: The “Otter Sandstone” that forms the cliffs and sea stacks were deposited in a hot dry climates in the Triassic Period about 220 Million years ago. The “Otter Sandstone” is the richest source of Triassic reptile remains in Britain and one of the most important in the world. At the south-west end of the bay, the most common fossils in the sandstone are networks of vertical, tube-like carbonate petrifactions (rhizocretions): these represent the roots of plants that were able to survive in the harsh dry climate of the Triassic Period. By Wikipedia: link.

Location: Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom, 2012.

Little bit of history: Swanage’s Victorian pier is over 100 years old and is one of two built, although it is the only one that survives complete today (…). It is situated on the eastern coast of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10km south of Poole and 40km east of Dorchester in the United Kingdom (…). The original Swanage Pier was built between 1859 and 1861 for use primarily by the local stone quarrying industry (…). By Wikipedia: link.

My other photographs taken at Swanage area: