| P number: | P000596 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01492 |
| Caption: | Kame of Hoy, Orkney, seen from Bay of the Stair. Close detail of the succession. |
| Description: | Kame of Hoy, Orkney, seen from Bay of the Stair. Close detail of the succession. From top to base are the black jointed Hoy Basalts, Hoy tuffaceous red-brown sandstone, thinly-bedded and forming most of the cliff are the Upper Stromness Flags and at the base the minor igneous intrusion, the bostonite sill. |
| Date taken: | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1974 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 320300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1004700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 344.79 KB; 794 x 1001 pixels; 67 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 210 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Cliffs |
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