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==Geography== [[File:Admiralty Chart No 2050 Eastern approaches to the Solent, Published 1967.jpg|thumb|right|1967 Admiralty Chart of the area (Nab Tower to Spithead)]] It receives its name from the [[Spit (landform)|Spit]], a [[Shoal|sandbank]] stretching south from the Hampshire shore for {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Spithead is {{convert|22.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} long by about {{convert|6.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} in average breadth. Horse and Dean Sand lie to the NE side and Ryde Sand and No Man's Land to the South side.<ref name="SailingDirections">{{cite book | title=Sailing Directions (Enroute): English Channel - Publication 191 | publisher=US Government | date=2004 | isbn=9781577855644| page=39}}</ref> As of 2004, the main channel was reported as being maintained at a dredged depth of 9.5m.<ref name="SailingDirections"/>
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