Bat's Head is a chalk headland on the Dorset coast in southern England. It is located between Swyre Head and Durdle Door to the east, and Chaldon Hill and White Nothe to the west.[1][2] At the base of the headland is the small Bat's Cave.

View west towards Bat's Head with the Isle of Portland in the distance.
View east towards Bat's Head from White Nothe.

The chalk in Bat's Head is vertical. Part of the chalk is referred to as Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation, and is part of the "White Chalk Subgroup" of the "Chalk Group".[3]

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 194 Dorchester & Weymouth (Cerne Abbas & Bere Regis) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319232132.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Bat's Head". Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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50°37′22″N 2°17′28″W / 50.6227°N 2.2910°W / 50.6227; -2.2910