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213. Chesapeake - Sand Ridges

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
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Location:Rhyll - 525480. 1 km north-west of ‘Chesapeake’ homestead.

Access:

Walk from Peck Point.

Ownership:

Crown land and private land.

Geology/Geomorphology:

A small embayment is enclosed by low sand ridges that have grown from the west as a series of small spits. A small tidal creek drains the embayment and at the entrance there is a second spit which has grown from the south-east.

Significance:

Regional. The site is an example of paired spits at an embayment entrance and shows how the coast is modified by sand accretion.

Management:

Class 2. Weathering of vegetation and quarrying of sand should be prohibited.

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