| P number: | P000613 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01538 |
| Caption: | Old Man of Hoy, north-west coast of Hoy. Orkney. A 137 m. sea stack composed of red sandstone of Upper Old Red Sandstone age. |
| Description: | Old Man of Hoy, north-west coast of Hoy. Orkney. A 137 m. sea stack composed of red sandstone of Upper Old Red Sandstone age. The stack rests on a pediment of Upper Old Red Sandstone basalt lava which unconformably sits on flagstones of Middle Old Red Sandstone age. The stack in former times had an arched base. Sea stacks are produced by the combined action of marine and subaerial erosion, their bases may be completely submerged or just above sea level. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1972 |
| Photographer: | Pulsford, J.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 318300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1001100 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 415.72 KB; 991 x 1001 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 262 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Stacks, Geoscience subjects/ Named locality |
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