| P number: | P001858 |
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| Old photograph number: | C00047 |
| Caption: | Sgurr a' Ghaorachain, Applecross, Ross & Cromarty. Characteristic scenery of the Torridon Sandstone; typical 'hanging corrie'. |
| Description: | Sgurr a' Ghaorachain, Applecross, Ross & Cromarty. Characteristic scenery of the Torridon Sandstone; typical 'hanging corrie'. Thickly-bedded red-brown sandstones of the Applecross Formation (Torridon Group, Torridonian) dip gently away from camera. Subvertical gullies in cliffs exploit joints and minor faults. Corrie formed by ice-action in mountains has steep lip due to overdeepening of main valley by valley glacier. Note frost-shattered arete on right-hand spur. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1891 |
| 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: | 179000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 842000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 159.73 KB; 1000 x 730 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Corries, cirques or cwms |
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