| P number: | P201743 |
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| Old photograph number: | A01792 |
| Caption: | Whale Chine, with Atherfield Point in distance, Chale Bay. Looking W. |
| Description: | Whale Chine, with Atherfield Point in distance, Chale Bay. Looking W. Lower Greensand at Whale Chine. Mouth of Whale Chine in shadow on right. The cliff at the chine shows the following descending succession: Recent Alluvium. Lower Greensand. Upper Crioceras Beds, 46 ft. Walpen Sands and Clay, 57 ft; clay forms shelf beyond chine. Lower Crioceras Beds, 16 ft. Beyond the chine, succession continues (in view) by Scaphites Beds, 50 ft; Lower Gryphaea Beds, 33 ft; Upper Lobster Bed, 40 ft. and Crackers Rock (in small promontory beyond the stranded bell-buoy) 20 ft. Atherfield Point in distance. Ref: 'A short account of the geology of the Isle of Wight', pp.26, 28, 29, 191. |
| Date taken: | 24/02/1921 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 446500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 78500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 188.37 KB; 1001 x 728 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Coastal scenery, general views, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Coast scenery, general views |
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