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SACs in UK offshore waters

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There are 0 SACs, SCIs or cSACs in UK offshore waters. In addition, there are 7 possible SACs and 1 draft offshore site that has not yet been submitted to the European Commission. Sites are sorted alphabetically.


EU Code Name Country Local Authority Grid Ref Area (ha) Status
UK0030357 Braemar Pockmarks
OF
  
lat 58.9895° N
long 1.4826° W
2134
Possible
UK0030317 Darwin Mounds
OF
  
lat 59.7583° N
long 7.2167° W
137726
Possible
UK0030352 Dogger Bank
OF
    
1340527
dSAC
UK0030353 Haig Fras
OF
  
lat  50.2592° N
long  7.7830° W
75744
Possible
UK0030358 North Norfolk Sandbanks and Saturn Reef
OF
  
lat 53.34° N
long 2.13° E
432651
Possible
UK0030354 Scanner Pockmark
OF
  
lat  58.2833° N
long 0.9667° W
724.9
Possible
UK0030359 Stanton Banks
OF
  
lat 56.2508° N
long 7.9369° W
174467
Possible
UK0030355 Wyville Thomson Ridge
OF
  
lat  59.9735° N
long 6.7149° W
173995
Possible

 

Many designated sites are on private land: the listing of a site in these pages does not imply any right of public access.


Key to site status abbreviations

  • SAC     =    Special Area of Conservation
  • SCI       =    Site of Community Importance
  • cSAC   =    candidate Special Area of Conservation 
  • pSAC   =    possible Special Area of Conservation 
  • dSAC   =    draft Special Area of Conservation 


Site area and location information for pSACs and dSACs, where available, is provisional. Descriptive site details are not available for pSACs/dSACs.

 

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