<P> Tsunamis affecting the British Isles are extremely uncommon, and there have only been two confirmed cases in recorded history . Meteotsunamis are somewhat more common, especially on the southern coasts of England around the English and Bristol Channels . </P> <P> The east coast of Scotland was struck by a 70 feet (21 m) high tsunami around 6100 BC, during the Mesolithic period . The wave was caused by the massive underwater Storegga slide off Norway . The tsunami even washed over some of the Shetland Islands . Tsunamite (the deposits left by a tsunami) dating from this event can be found at various locations around the coastal areas of Scotland, and are also a tourist feature in the Montrose Basin, where there is a layer of deposited sand about 0.6 metres (2.0 ft) thick . </P>

Has there ever been a tsunami in england