| P number: | P201788 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | A01837 |
| Caption: | View of the Grand Arch, Scratchell's Bay, (Sun Corner). Looking SE. |
| Description: | View of the Grand Arch, Scratchell's Bay, (Sun Corner). Looking SE. The Grand Arch. The arch, about 150 ft. in height, is worn in the Upper Chalk Zone, of Micraster coranguinum. A layer of tabular flint 15 ft. above the upper edge of the grass slope to right of arch is taken as the lower limit of that Zone by Dr. A.W. Rowe. Ref: 'A short account of the geology of the Isle of Wight', p.76. |
| Date taken: | Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 GMT 1921 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 429500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 84500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 293.18 KB; 1000 x 722 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Cliffs, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical/ Cretaceous, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Cement and lime, limestone quarries and chalk pits |
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