Cawsand Bay

Coordinates: 50°19′48″N 4°12′00″W / 50.330°N 4.200°W / 50.330; -4.200

Cawsand Bay

Cawsand Bay is a bay on the south-east coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.^[1]

The bay takes its name from the village of Cawsand at grid reference SX 434 503, to the north-east of the Rame Peninsula. Cawsand Bay is oriented north-south, opening eastward into Plymouth Sound about 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest of Plymouth, as the crow flies.^[2]

Cawsand Bay is about one mile (1.6 km) across and about a mile-and-a-half (2.4 km) wide across its mouth and is bounded by Penlee Point to the south.

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↑ Bartholomew National Map Series; South Devon, 1:100 000. 1975
↑ Bartholomew, 1975

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