Thanet
ISLE OF, a district of England, in the county of Kent, at the mouth THANET of the Thames; separated from the mainland by the Stour river on the S. and the Nethergong on the W., with an area of 26,500 acres. On its shores are the wellknown watering places Ramsgate, Margate, and Broadstairs; and on the North Foreland, in the N. E., is a lighthouse, 85 feet high, visible 19 miles. Pop. about 72,500.