Accordingly the aim of the study was to further characterise benthic ecological conditions towards informing the EIA.
0.1 Study Area Overview 12.
Within the East Anglia Zone, two windfarms known as East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR, together with their associated export cable routes, are proposed to be developed by EAOW. The East Anglia Zone is located approximately 13km off the east coast of Suffolk and Norfolk, at its nearest point. East Anglia THREE and East Anglia FOUR cover an area of approximately 370km2 and 359km2 respectively. The East Anglia THREE and FOUR cable route covers an area of approximately 578km2.
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Water depths encountered during the benthic survey varied between 8 and 53m, relative to Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT). Tidal streams (based on tidal diamonds from Admiralty Chart No. 1504) range between 0.4 and 2.7knots across the site, with the upper limit located within the inshore sites.
14. Figure 1.1 presents the full extents of the survey area and proposed site locations.
Benthic Characterisation Report November 2013
East Anglia THREE and FOUR Offshore Cable Corridor
