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Hoek van Holland beach
Fossil site, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Shark teeth
Fossils
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: Eemian shells.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Late Pleistocene to early Holocene
Deposits magazine documents Ice Age mammal and Mesolithic finds in beach nourishment sand dredged from the Eurogeul shipping channel.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
shipping channel currents near the pier
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.