| P number: | P000666 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01763 |
| Caption: | The Rock and Spindle sea stack, part of the Kinkell Ness neck, 3 km. east of St. Andrews. Fifeshire. The circular 'Spindle' is formed of xenolithic, columnar basanite and the stack behind it (the 'Rock') is formed of basanitic breccia. |
| Description: | The Rock and Spindle sea stack, part of the Kinkell Ness neck, 3 km. east of St. Andrews. Fifeshire. The circular 'Spindle' is formed of xenolithic, columnar basanite and the stack behind it (the 'Rock') is formed of basanitic breccia. The basanite sea stack is situated in the softer tuffs of the late Carboniferous or early Permian Kinkell Ness volcanic vent, one of many in the area. Similar clusters of vents occur throughout the Midland Valley of Scotland. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1975 |
| Photographer: | Smith, I. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 353900 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 715500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 263.19 KB; 776 x 1000 pixels; 66 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 205 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Stacks |
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