| P number: | P000827 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02387 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Suilven and Canisp, inselbergs or island mountains sitting on undulating Lewisian gneiss showing a succession of ridges and low hills of bare rock with innumerable small lochs. Sutherland. View eastwards. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of Suilven and Canisp, inselbergs or island mountains sitting on undulating Lewisian gneiss showing a succession of ridges and low hills of bare rock with innumerable small lochs. Sutherland. View eastwards. Suilven is a relict mountain of reddish-brown Torridonian sandstone with basal conglomerate resting unconformably on an irregular basement of Lewisian gneiss. Canisp is capped by Basal Cambrian Quartzite and intruded by porphyry sills. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1975 |
| 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: | 215500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 918500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 458.65 KB; 999 x 981 pixels; 85 x 83 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 260 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, mountains and hills |
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