| P number: | P002966 |
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| Old photograph number: | MNS05136 |
| Caption: | Panoramic view looking south from the summit of Cairngorm looking towards Beinn Macdui, Loch Etchacan, Glen Avon, Cairn Toul, Braeriach, Lurcher's Crag, Cairn Lochan and Coire an t-Sneachda, Inverness-shire. |
| Description: | Panoramic view looking south from the summit of Cairngorm looking towards Beinn Macdui, Loch Etchacan, Glen Avon, Cairn Toul, Braeriach, Lurcher's Crag, Cairn Lochan and Coire an t-Sneachda, Inverness-shire. The typical mountain scenery of the Cairngorms is a relic of an ancient Mesozoic to Tertiary planation surface (or surfaces). Broad, level moorlands are cut into by deep glens scarred by gigantic corrie-cliffs. The underlying rocks are the remains of a very large mass of granite intruded deep within the country rocks about 400 million years ago during the Caledonian Orogeny. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1989 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 300400 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 804120 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 107.35 KB; 1000 x 311 pixels; 85 x 26 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 82 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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