P number: | P000632 |
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Old photograph number: | D01646 |
Caption: | Channel between Fora Ness and mainland at mouth of Dales Voe at Delting. Shetland. Three tombolos known locally as 'ayres' linking the island of Fora Ness to the mainland. The headland of Lunna Ness is in the background. |
Description: | Channel between Fora Ness and mainland at mouth of Dales Voe at Delting. Shetland. Three tombolos known locally as 'ayres' linking the island of Fora Ness to the mainland. The headland of Lunna Ness is in the background. Ayres form across a shallow bay or across a voe, usually near its landward end partly or completely cutting off a sheet of water from the sea. They are composed of a narrow crescentic mound of shingle. Note the seaward ayre still has a channel to the sea while the one in the foreground is a complete barrier. Tombolos are a feature of a drowning coastline. |
Date taken: | 01/01/1973 |
Photographer: | Pulsford, J.M. |
Copyright statement: | NERC |
Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
X longitude/easting: | 444600 |
Y latitude/northing: | 1172300 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 221.33 KB; 1000 x 784 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 207 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Coastal deposition, sand-bars, shingle-ridges, storm-beaches |
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