2008

NX3154 : Craignagapple - glacial erratic

taken 16 years ago, 4 km NNE of Culshabbin, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland

Craignagapple - glacial erratic
Craignagapple - glacial erratic
An erratic is a boulder which has been embedded in a glacier and may have been carried many miles before being left stranded as here, as a "rocking stone" when the glacier melted. Craignagapple means crag of the horse.

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Category: Glacial feature
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NX3154, 49 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Baird   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 19 January, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 20 January, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NX 316 546 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:51.4718N 4:37.4929W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NX 316 545
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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