| P number: | P001017 |
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| Old photograph number: | D03233 |
| Caption: | Glen Valtos, near Uig in west Lewis. Outer Hebrides. The Glen Valtos subglacial meltwater channel is viewed from near the centre. |
| Description: | Glen Valtos, near Uig in west Lewis. Outer Hebrides. The Glen Valtos subglacial meltwater channel is viewed from near the centre. The subglacial meltwater channel is 2.5 km. long and at its maximum depth it is over 45 metres deep. Note the great depth and the misfit stream. The cliffed slopes have developed stratified scree deposits several metres thick, several are shown in the photograph (some partly quarried for road aggregate). No glaciofluvial deposits occur in the channel but some small mounds of poorly-sorted fluvial gravels occur at the mouth of the channel at |
| Date taken: | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1980 |
| 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: | 106900 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 934300 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 319.21 KB; 1000 x 653 pixels; 85 x 55 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 173 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Overflow and marginal channels |
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