2007

NO0900 : Glacial erratics in the plain of Kinross

taken 17 years ago, near to Coldrain, Perth And Kinross, Scotland

Glacial erratics in the plain of Kinross
Glacial erratics in the plain of Kinross
This concentration of large boulders was deposited here during the last ice age. It probably marks the site of one of the last remnants of an ice sheet which once filled the Loch Leven basin. The ice sheet finally melted around 10,000 years ago.

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Category: Glacial feature
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Loch Leven [2] · Plain of Kinross [2] ·
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NO0900, 7 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Brendan Hamill   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 4 March, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 4 March, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 093 005 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:11.3133N 3:27.7222W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NO 095 005
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NO0900) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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