Plucked outcrop
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Plucked outcrop by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.
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Plucked outcrop
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 2 Mar 2012
The glacially-smoothed profile (right) of this ridge by Cerrig-y-Ddinas gives way on its western edge to extensive plucking (quarrying by a glacier of fragmented rock), making it a classic roche moutonnée, but that does not accord with ice movement northwards along the main valley. The steep dip of these volcaniclastic rocks can also be appreciated in this image.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.247334
Longitude
-3.870328