Runkerry ASSI

Protected area type: Areas of Special Scientific Interest
Feature type: 
  • Earth Science
County: 
  • Antrim
Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey
Guidance and literature: Runkerry ASSI

Runkerry ASSI is a beach system of international importance demonstrating beach states from dissipative to reflective.

A wide range of rhythmic morphological features are present including beach cusps, rip current channels, longshore rip feeder channels, giant cusps and migratory transverse and crescentic nearshore bars.

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