| P number: | P001706 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00170 |
| Caption: | View from Loch nan Eilean near Sligachan, looking south towards Marsco (left), and Sgurr nan Gillean (right), Skye, Inverness-shire. The distant mountains are composed of granite (left) and gabbro (right). Moraine-dammed lochan in foreground. |
| Description: | View from Loch nan Eilean near Sligachan, looking south towards Marsco (left), and Sgurr nan Gillean (right), Skye, Inverness-shire. The distant mountains are composed of granite (left) and gabbro (right). Moraine-dammed lochan in foreground. Marsco (left), part of the western Red Hills Centre, consists predominantly of granite, but some gabbroic material is present. The main Cuillin ridge (right) consists of layered gabbros cut by moderately-dipping cone-sheets and vertical dykes of basaltic composition. The Bhasteir Tooth is well seen (centre of ridge), but the Pinnacle ridge of Sgurr nan Gillean is end-on and lost in front of the main peak. In the foreground, hummocky glacial deposits have trapped water in many small lochans. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1893 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 149000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 825250 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 210.84 KB; 1000 x 747 pixels; 85 x 63 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 198 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Moraines, Geoscience subjects/ Igneous features/ Bosses and laccoliths |
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