| P number: | P002684 |
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| Old photograph number: | D00964 |
| Caption: | Coast between Voe of Dale and Bay of Deepdale, looking north-east from The Ness, Shetland Isles. Steeply inclined Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) Walls Group sediments forming many headlands and stacks. Sandness Hill in distance. |
| Description: | Coast between Voe of Dale and Bay of Deepdale, looking north-east from The Ness, Shetland Isles. Steeply inclined Old Red Sandstone (Devonian) Walls Group sediments forming many headlands and stacks. Sandness Hill in distance. The rocks belong to the Sandness Formation, the lower of two units that make up the Walls Group. The rocks are formed of sandstones and conglomerates and are thought to have been deposited in the floodplains of meandering rivers. They rest unconformably on much older metamorphic rocks. The submergence of the land coupled with the frequent strong winds of the area has been responsible for the rapid marine erosion along the exposed coasts which has produced the impressive cliffs with their bold headlands, geos, stacks and natural arches. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1966 |
| Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 416500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1152500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 181.97 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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