The Isle of Wight is a small island some 12 miles by 25
miles long, just off the coast of Portsmouth, UK. Amongst
other things it is famous for Osbourne House, Queen
Victoria's home for Albert and their children. It was also
the start of the PLUTO pipeline from near Ventnor to the
allied invasion beaches of France during the Second World
War. Cowes, on the northern tip, is the home of The Royal
Yatch Squadron and an important centre for ocean
racing.
It is now recognised as an important source of dinosaur
remains including fossilised bones and footprints. The
sites have been the subject of a detailed "dig" by the BBC
in 2001 and many of the remains are kept in two museums on
the island. The pictures are from the Dinosaur Isle Museum
at Sandown.
More information can be obtained from the following
links
RETURN TO GERRY'S PAGE
The
Dinosaur Isle museum
Dinosaurs in the IoW
Isle of
Wight page
About the Isle of Wight off Portsmouth, UK. The dinosaur island.
