Rocky outcrop on Great Lantic Beach,... © Edmund Shaw

SX1450 : Rocky outcrop on Great Lantic Beach, near Polruan, Cornwall

taken 8 years ago, near to Polruan, Cornwall, Great Britain

Rocky outcrop on Great Lantic Beach, near Polruan, Cornwall

One of the outcrops of Devonian slate (Meadfoot Group) at the western end of the main beach. The steeply sloping angle of the rock indicates geological upheavals of the past - the very slow shock wave after effects from the Variscan orogeny.

(Note: the Variscan orogeny is the mountain building event caused by the Late Paleozoic continental collision between the erstwhile continents of Euramerica and Gondwana.)

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Grid Square: SX1450, 55 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Edmund Shaw (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Wednesday, 21 May, 2014 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 24 May, 2014
Geographical Context: Coastal Geological interest Estuary, Marine
Primary Subject of Photo: Rock
Subject Location: OSGB36: SX 146 508 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:19.7117N 4:36.3549W
Camera Location: OSGB36: SX 147 508
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)