| P number: | P201776 |
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| Old photograph number: | A01825 |
| Caption: | The 'Stag Rock' and High Down Cliffs, from E. side of Freshwater Bay. Looking SSW. |
| Description: | The 'Stag Rock' and High Down Cliffs, from E. side of Freshwater Bay. Looking SSW. The Stag Rock. A sea-stack composed of nodular chalk in the Upper Chalk Zone of Micraster cortestudinarium, capped by a small outlier of Pleistocene 'head'. The landward face of the stack coincides with a bedding plane. The strike of the chalk is shown by the parallel reefs visible through the water. The western side of Freshwater Bay and High Down in background. Ref: 'A short account of the geology of the Isle of Wight', p.184. |
| Date taken: | 01/03/1921 |
| Photographer: | Rhodes, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 434500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 85500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 223.40 KB; 1001 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Stacks |
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