BeachyHead

BeachyHead
Beach·y Head (bēʹchē)
Chalk cliffs, 175.4 m (575 ft) high, on the southeast coast of England. In 1690 Beachy Head was the scene of a French naval victory over Anglo-Dutch forces.

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