2004

NO8887 : Cowie Shore

taken 19 years ago, near to Cowie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Cowie Shore
Cowie Shore
The Highland Boundary Fault is close to Stonehaven, and attracts many geologists to study the rocks. In this shot, the rows of rocky teeth in the sea are the eroded remnants of rock layers which have been upended by tectonic forces.

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Category: Coastline/Beaches
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Collaborative Landforms Gallery Automatic Clusters: · Highland Boundary Fault [13] · Rocks [9] · Rocky [4] Title Clusters: · Cowie Shore [2] ·
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NO8887, 118 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Anne Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 23 October, 2004   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 16 April, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 88 87 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 56:58.7135N 2:11.4492W
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NO8887) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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