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Read's Island

In or near West Halton.

Read's Island — Island in the Humber Estuary, England.

Read's Island

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Read's Island is a forest in yorkshire. (Island in the Humber Estuary, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Read's Island is an island situated just outside the Ancholme sluice, on the Humber Estuary in England. The Lincolnshire Trust suggest it is an artificial island, and a report from 1979 says that it was reclaimed. However, the site was for many years a large sandbank going by the name of 'Old Warp' and is shown on the 1734 Customs Map of the Humber where Read's Island now lays, and extending further downstream."

Coordinates
53.6836, -0.5413

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