| P number: | P000729 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02102 |
| Caption: | The east flank of An Teallach. The lower slopes of ice-scoured Torridonian sandstone contrast with the frost-shattered slopes on the ridge and the Glas Mheall Liath quartzite backslopes. |
| Description: | The east flank of An Teallach. The lower slopes of ice-scoured Torridonian sandstone contrast with the frost-shattered slopes on the ridge and the Glas Mheall Liath quartzite backslopes. White Cambrian quartzite overlying well-bedded Torridonian sandstone. Corrie Toll an Lochain below main peak is a spectacular development of a rock-lipped corrie. A lateral moraine and drift limit shows the reach of the Loch Lomond Readvance glacier that occupied the corrie. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1976 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 206500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 884000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Square |
| Size: | 355.70 KB; 1000 x 1000 pixels; 85 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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