| P number: | P000772 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02217 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial distant view of the island of Staffa. Argyll and Bute. The island is composed entirely of Tertiary basalt lava flows. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial distant view of the island of Staffa. Argyll and Bute. The island is composed entirely of Tertiary basalt lava flows. The lower flow exposed at Fingal's Cave on the left shows very well-developed columnar jointing. The upper flow also shows columnar jointing but is less well developed. The basalts of Staffa are part of a Tertiary igneous province covering large areas of western Scotland and Northern Ireland. They are part of the initial accumulation of a sub-aerial, thick sequence of basaltic lavas which were followed by the establishment of the major central volcanoes which are now found on Skye, Arran, St. Kilda, Rum, and Ardnamurchan. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1976 |
| 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: | 133500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 735500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 251.87 KB; 996 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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