on the coast of britain, where water meets land, if you went below the surface, deep under the water, could?

Question

you swim underneath britain, the island itself? or is britain, the island, conected solidly to the ocean floor, so you cant swim underneath the island..
anyone see what i mean?

Answer 1

If you go to the coast and go into the sea you'll find that you can find a bit where the beach ends - usually about a hundred yards out - and from there you can dive under it because like all other islands, England Wales and Scotland all just sit on something like a huge saucer which you can swim under, so with the right diving gear and enough supply of air, you could go into the sea at - say - Blackpool, and swim right under England and come out at somewhere like Great Yarmouth.

By the way, although I typed this out, my six year old son gave me the answer for you. Have a nice day!

Answer 2

Ok, i'll humour you.

No Britain and all islands do not float. As the ocean floor increases in height it becomes a beach and then dry land.

Hey but wouldnt that be cool? We wouldnt need to fly on holiday, we could just strap some Yamaha outboards to Kent and move the whole country to the Carribean for the winter.

Answer 3

You cannot swim all the way under an island, they are secured to the seafloor. Withput being anchored, the island would float around and 'bump' into everything that got in it's way.

When was the last time you heard of a floating island?

Answer 4

I think you could...it depends on if there is land keeping you from it...National geographic might be able to help, or a google map???