2017

V3877 : Path towards the Tetrapod Trackpod viewpoint, Valentia Island

taken 7 years ago, 3 km from Chapeltown, Valentia, Co Kerry, Ireland

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Path towards the Tetrapod Trackpod viewpoint, Valentia Island
Path towards the Tetrapod Trackpod viewpoint, Valentia Island
On the rocks below are the tracks of a tetrapod - created around 380 million years ago. The trackway is amongst the oldest reliably dated evidence of four footed vertebrates moving over land.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Geological interest Estuary, Marine Rocks, Scree, Cliffs County: Kerry Island: Valentia Place: Dohila other tags: Valentia Island Tetrapod Footprints Rock Fossilised Devonian Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tracks [5] · Footed Vertebrates [3] ·
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V3877, 41 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Phil Champion   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 21 July, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 20 January, 2018
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! V 3888 7795 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:55.8520N 10:20.5927W
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Irish: geotagged! V 38882 77943
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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