| P number: | P000336 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | B00888 |
| Caption: | South of Noss Head, 4.023 km. north of Wick. Caithness. Typical example of a 'geo' (goe) excavated along a vertical joint in the flagstones of the Old Red Sandstone Noss Head Group. |
| Description: | South of Noss Head, 4.023 km. north of Wick. Caithness. Typical example of a 'geo' (goe) excavated along a vertical joint in the flagstones of the Old Red Sandstone Noss Head Group. The geo, a long narrow tidal inlet has formed due to erosion along a strongly developed vertical joint within a rock formation that is otherwise highly resistant to wave action. It would have begun as a cave and with subsequent collapse of the roof the geo has formed. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1912 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 338500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 954500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 284.63 KB; 766 x 1000 pixels; 65 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 203 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Influence of structure, composition, faults, joints and dip |
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