| P number: | P000776 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02227 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Corran Ferry, Loch Linnhe. Inverness-shire. |
| Description: | This large gravel deposit is a fluvioglacial outwash fan. It marks a contemporaneous halt in the retreat of the valley glacier which occupied Loch Linnhe. It has an outward-sloping surface characteristic of an outwash fan and the inner steeper surface is considered to represent the original ice contact slope. A similar though smaller deposit on the east side of the loch suggests that the deposit at one time formed a complete barrier across the loch. A glacial outwash fan once stetched right across the loch but evidence suggests it was breached before the 25 foot raised beach was formed (the flat higher level on the peninsula on the left). |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1976 |
| 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: | 203500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 764500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 252.10 KB; 997 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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