Shore with boulders

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Shore with boulders by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.

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Shore with boulders

Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 4 Sep 2022

A view of the shore at low tide, where large, rounded boulders make small islands in the surf. In the foreground, smooth rock outcrop is notably pale in colour and very compact. This is part of a felsic sill intruding softer sandstones which have eroded away and become buried in the beach sand.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.502462
Longitude
-5.337595