2010

H6883 : Ancient ocean-floor volcanics at Black Rock

taken 14 years ago, 3 km from Dunnamore, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Ancient ocean-floor volcanics at Black Rock
Ancient ocean-floor volcanics at Black Rock
These craggy knolls expose rocks of the Tyrone Plutonic Group. The dark volcanic rocks, nearly 500 million years old, formed beneath the floor of an ancient ocean.

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Category: Igneous rocks
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · View from Black Rock [4] ·
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H6883, 29 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mike Simms   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 25 April, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 23 September, 2010
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! H 685 837 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:41.8020N 6:56.3013W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! H 685 837
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Second Visitor for H6883)
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