Rocky outcrop, Shore Street, Portsoy
Introduction
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Rocky outcrop, Shore Street, Portsoy
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 10 Aug 2022
The British Geological Society interactive map identifies the tough black rocks as part of the Portsoy igneous complex (sheared metagabbro), being metamorphic bedrock formed between 485.4 and 443.8 million years ago during the Ordovician period.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.684661
Longitude
-2.690086