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662:Osborne Bay
657:Orchard Bay
652:Newtown Bay
622:Gurnard Bay
612:Compton Bay
607:Colwell Bay
487:Around the
359:4 September
353:Google Maps
348:"Monks Bay"
330:the sands.
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587:Binnel Bay
422:8 November
334:References
323:Monk's Bay
304:Gault Clay
296:Undercliff
262:scrambling
204:50°36′18″N
123:South East
732:Woody Bay
692:Steel Bay
672:Reeth Bay
647:Mount Bay
642:Monks Bay
602:Chale Bay
597:Brook Bay
516:Steel Bay
510:Monks Bay
327:Melbourne
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207:1°10′31″W
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