The Undercliff

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The Undercliff

  1. (collectively) Land areas where landslips of cliffs have occurred in the past, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England.
    • 1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244:
      Swinging sharply westwards, it emerges on to the Undercliff, overlooking the English Channel. St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right.

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