| P number: | P002770 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01653 |
| Caption: | Stoura Pund, looking east to Heads of Grocken, 2.7 km. west-north-west of Hillswick, Shetland Isles. |
| Description: | The formation of sea stacks typically occurs at the end of headlands. The headlands themselves stand out proud from the coast due to their relative hardness compared with the rocks in the bays. In granite this is typically caused by the frequency of joints. Commonly, the frequency of joints is much less in some parts of the granite than others, areas with more joints are preferentially eroded by the powerful marine erosion to form the bays, while the headlands are areas with fewer joints. In time, the headlands themselves will be worn away, a straight coastline is the resultant stable form. A closer view of the coast shown in D01652. Cliffs of granite of the Northmaven Plutonic Complex. The cliffs in the background are formed of the metasediments of the Hillswick peninsula. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1973 |
| 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: | 425600 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1177500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 276.75 KB; 1000 x 796 pixels; 85 x 67 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 211 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Cliffs |
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