| P number: | P000824 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02382 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Suilven showing the inselberg form of the mountain and the Lewisian-Torridonian unconformity. Sutherland. View looking north-west. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of Suilven showing the inselberg form of the mountain and the Lewisian-Torridonian unconformity. Sutherland. View looking north-west. Suilven, a relict mountain of reddish-brown Torridonian sandstone with basal conglomerate resting on an irregular basement of Lewisian gneiss. The Lewisian-Torridonian contact follows approximately the base of the screes and the line of the low cliffs at the right of the picture. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1975 |
| 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: | 215500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 918500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 267.21 KB; 998 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: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes, Geoscience subjects/ Named locality |
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