P number: | P000793 |
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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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Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical/ Torridonian |
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