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P number: P002166
Old photograph number: C01831
Caption: View looking west from Stob a' Choire Lieth, 8.9 km. east of Ben Nevis, Inverness-shire.
Description: These mountains lie in an area of intense folding called the Western Grampians Complex, they formed during the 3 or 4 major phases of folding and dislocation in the Caledonian Orogeny. The long domed ridge in the background is Aonach Mor. Mountains of folded Glencoe Quartzite, the folding being greatly obscured by scree. The spurs to right are of mica-schists of the Leven Schists. Glacial deposits in foreground to right. Part of a panorama with C01830.
Date taken: Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1910
Photographer: Lunn, R.
Copyright statement: Crown
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 238.01 KB; 1001 x 719 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 190 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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Categories: Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ General views/ Metamorphic rock country  

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