Runkerry ASSI

Topics:

Biodiversity,
Protected areas

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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Runkerry ASSI