2007

SH6956 : Glacially smoothed volcanic tuffs

taken 17 years ago, 3 km from Capel Curig, Conwy, Wales

Glacially smoothed volcanic tuffs
Glacially smoothed volcanic tuffs
The tuffs here are made of rock fragments blasted out of a volcano millions of years ago and which became welded together. During the Ice Age these outcrops were ice-smoothed.

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Category: Rock outcrops
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SH6956, 25 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Eric Jones   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 11 April, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 12 April, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 693 561 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:5.1971N 3:57.1409W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SH 693 562
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SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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