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Old photograph number: D02283
Caption: Photograph taken from the Clachtoll-Lochinver road 6 km. from Lochinver. Sutherland. The view shows Canisp and Suilven in the distance, the road is in the foreground.
Description: Photograph taken from the Clachtoll-Lochinver road 6 km. from Lochinver. Sutherland. The view shows Canisp and Suilven in the distance, the road is in the foreground. The steep-sided, isolated Torridonian sandstone peaks of Canisp (centre) and Suilven (right) rise above the older eroded land surface of Lewisian gneiss. The Torridonian comprises an assemblage of terrestrial sedimentary rocks laid down under fluviatile or shallow lacustrine conditions.
Date taken: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1976
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: 207100
Y latitude/northing: 925900
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 265.62 KB; 1001 x 781 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 207 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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