Quinag above Loch an Leothaid by Garlor

Photography • Landscape • posted on Sep 21, 2006

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Description

Quinag is one of the great mountain massifs of Assynt. It forms a roughly Y-shaped range with the two northern prongs containing the high peaks of Sail Gharbh (808m) and Sail Gorm (776m). The highest of these is capped by the thin skin of Cambrian quartzites, These form an outlier to the dip slope of quartzites that forms the eastern flank of Spidean Coinich. Apart from this quartzite skin, Quinag is made of a pile of Torridonian sandstone, resting on the substrate of Lewisian gneisses. So the massif is an excellent place to appreciate the relationship between these three major rock units of NW Highland geology, exposed ahead of the complexities of the Moine Thrust Belt. Phew,now its back to my cornflakes. Info credit to University of Leeds and British Geological Survey.

Comments (6)

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gattone_blu

4:27AM | Thu, 21 September 2006

Beautiful landscape

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Mondwin

4:42AM | Thu, 21 September 2006

Marvelous view!!!!!!!!!Splendid capture!!Bravo!V:DDD.Hugsxx

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Zacko

6:09AM | Thu, 21 September 2006

Sigh...so breathtakingly beautiful!!!! I was thinking alot about Scotland this morning and how i must go back there. Hopefully i will early spring next year. Thanks for sharing these in the meantime. #:o)

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