| P number: | P002541 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03908 |
| Caption: | Bioda Buidhe and Beinn Edra, looking south from the Quiraing, Trotternish peninsula, Skye, Inverness-shire. Escarpments of Tertiary lavas with landslips to the east, in centre - the Cleat - a landslip mass of Tertiary lava. |
| Description: | Bioda Buidhe and Beinn Edra, looking south from the Quiraing, Trotternish peninsula, Skye, Inverness-shire. Escarpments of Tertiary lavas with landslips to the east, in centre - the Cleat - a landslip mass of Tertiary lava. The whole Tertiary escarpment on the east side of the Trotternish peninsula from Ben Tianavaig to the south of Portree Bay to Sron Vourlinn above Flodigarry has undergone landslipping. Tertiary plateau lavas cap Jurassic strata that have been intruded by thick dolerite dykes. These rocks have a shallow dip to the west and this combined with the numerous north-south trending faults gave rise to large cliffs up to 600 m. high. This proved to be very unstable and led to large-scale rotational shears in the weaker underlying Jurassic strata. The landslips are the result. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 BST 1945 |
| Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 145500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 869500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 159.27 KB; 1000 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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