Bat's Head is a

chalk Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Ch ...

headland on the

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

coast in southern

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. It is located between

Swyre Head Swyre Head is the highest point of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The hill Swyre Head lies about southwest of the village Kingston, Purbeck, Dorset, Kingston, about south of Corfe Castle (village), Corfe Castle ...

and

Durdle Door Durdle Door (sometimes written Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England.West, I.W., 2003.Durdle Door; Geology of the Dorset Coast". Southampton University, UK. Version H.07.09.03. It is ...

to the east, and

Chaldon Hill Chaldon Hill, also called Chaldon Down, is one of the highest hills, , on South Dorset's Jurassic Coast in England. The summit is about west of Durdle Door. A bridleway crosses the hill just below the summit, whilst the South West Coast Path m ...

and

White Nothe White Nothe (meaning "White Nose") is a chalk downland, chalk headland on the English Channel coast at the eastern end of Ringstead Bay, east of Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth in Dorset, England. The area is well known for its geology and fossils. ...

to the west. At the base of the headland is the small Bat's Cave. The chalk in Bat's Head is vertical. Part of the chalk is referred to as Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation, and is part of the "White Chalk Subgroup" of the "Chalk Group".

References

External links

Bat's Head entry in Ian West's ''Geology of the Wessex Coast''
Headlands of Dorset Jurassic Coast {{Dorset-geo-stub