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Hunstanton Cliffs
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<p>Hunstanton Cliffs is a 4.6-hectare (11-acre) biological and geological <a href="/facts/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest/Vh5zbXmz">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a> in <a href="/facts/Hunstanton/rLrSIXsV">Hunstanton</a> in <a href="/facts/Norfolk/eHSNIRud">Norfolk, England</a>. It is a <a href="/facts/Geological_Conservation_Review/1bpRlYDV">Geological Conservation Review</a> site. </p><p>These eroding cliffs expose a mid-<a href="/facts/Cretaceous/nwKtFtKx">Cretaceous</a> sequence from the <a href="/facts/Albian/faHcmHDC">Albian</a> to the succeeding <a href="/facts/Cenomanian/atR50Pe7">Cenomanian</a> around 100 million years ago, with exceptionally rich Albian <a href="/facts/Ammonite/cRCH9GVd">ammonite</a> fossils. Biological interest is provided by a colony of breeding <a href="/facts/Fulmar/RpxCKQDP">fulmars</a> on the cliff face. </p><p>There is public access to the beach. </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hunstanton cliffs. <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hunstanton_Cliffs¶ms=52.949_N_0.493_E_type:landmark_region:GB-BNE">52°56′56″N 0°29′35″E / 52.949°N 0.493°E / 52.949; 0.493</a> </p>