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P number: P005809
Old photograph number: A12234
Caption: Portland Bill, Portland.
Description: Portland Bill, Portland. Pulpit Rock sea stack. This stack consists of Portland Chert Beds in the bottom part and of Portland Building Stone, overlain by a few feet of Purbeck Cap Beds at the top. On the mainland much of the building stone has been quarried away with the exception of the massive block artificially tilted against the stack.
Date taken: Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1974
Photographer: Pulsford, J.M.
Copyright statement: NERC
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from JIDI the JISC Image Digitization Initiative
X longitude/easting: 367400
Y latitude/northing: 68100
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 288.67 KB; 1000 x 789 pixels; 85 x 67 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 209 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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Categories: Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Stacks  

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