Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOUSE SAND

MOUSE SAND, a shoal at the mouth of the estuary of the Thames; 8 miles E of Shoeburyness. A light-ship was placed on its W side in 1838; is moored over adepth of 5 fathoms; and shows a fixed light, 38 feet high, visible at the distance of 10 miles.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a shoal"   (ADL Feature Type: "bars (physiographic)")