Foreshore at Roanheads

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Foreshore at Roanheads by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.

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Foreshore at Roanheads

Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 26 Aug 2019

The rocks here are part of the Peterhead Pluton, a body of red granite formed 444 to 419 million years ago from silica-rich magma that cooled slowly in the crust of the Earth, forming large crystals of feldspar, quartz and mica.

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.509387
Longitude
-1.772672