Doggerland

[wtg]

Doggerland was a vast area of land that once connected Great Britain to continental Europe during and after the last Ice Age.

https://brilliantmaps.com/doggerland-maps/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472

[AndyD]

Interesting, I recall learning about this in school geography.
Why are the villages of Goldcliff and Howick named?
The latter is locally known for being the country seat of Earl Grey (think tea and Prime Minister a couple of years before Victoria ascended the throne)

[wtg]

@AndyD said in Doggerland:

Why are the villages of Goldcliff and Howick named?

I clicked on the map in the article I linked and it took me to this. Seems to be some type of material for educators to use with students.

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/doggerland/

One of the questions they listed was:

There is a river flowing near the site labeled Goldcliff on the map. What is the present-day name for the large body of water this river would have flown into 16,000 years ago?

***=Answer.***

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The river flowing from the Goldcliff site would have flown into the Atlantic Ocean.

I don't know why Howick is on the map.

[Piano*Dad]

We know about Doggerland in part because fishing craft have periodically hauled up evidence of land-based plants (ancient wood and tree trunks) and human settlement from the ocean floor of that part of what is now the North Sea.

[pique]

And I thought this was going to be about the Westminster Dog Show.