foreland

Foreland is the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It is located three miles (five kilometres) east of the town of Brading, and due south of the city of Portsmouth on the British mainland. It is characterised by a pub called the Crab and Lobster Inn and various beach huts plus a beach cafe and a coast guard lookout. In the sea are the reefs of Bembridge Ledge which is rich in edible crabs, lobsters and spider crabs and shoals of mackerel. In the Crab & Lobster Inn are photographs of the many shipwrecks, which included the submarine HMS Alliance, now a museum ship at Gosport and the First World War troopship the S.S. Mehndi carrying troops from South Africa, with great loss of life.

El concepto de Foreland proviene del alemán y se refiere específicamente al área complementaria de un puerto conectada a éste por barco, es decir, al conjunto de áreas desde donde se atraen las importaciones y se distribuyen las exportaciones.

Un foreland ou avant-pays désigne la zone de desserte d'un ensemble de lignes régulières de transport à partir d'un port ou d'un aéroport. En géographie, il désigne plus précisément la zone d'influence et les relations économiques d'un port avec des territoires situés au-delà des mers.