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Needles, The, group of insulated chalk rocks, off SW. extremity of Isle of Wight, 4½ miles SW. of Yarmouth; on the most westerly of the group is the Needles Light. house, 109 ft. high, with occulting light 80 ft.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "group of insulated chalk rocks" (ADL Feature Type: "natural rock formations") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | NEEDLES | NEEDLES THE | THE NEEDLES |
| Place: | The Needles |
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