BASS ROCK
THE BASS ROCK NORTH BERWICK, SCOTLAND Bass Rock - view from Canty Bay "The Bass Rock on the Firth of Forth - the curious white island!" LOCATION The Bass Rock is a small rocky island in the Firth of Forth estuary on the east coast of Scotland. It is located 1 mile offshore and about 3 miles northeast of the East Lothian town of North Berwick . I have tried twice to photograph it; neither visit was a total success. I have had to contend with either misty light rain or a severe gale. But this is the nature of the territory on this north east coast; it’s totally exposed to the elements and the North Sea. GEOLOGY Bass Rock is a volcanic plug . It formed inside the lava vent of a volcano some 300 million years ago (Carboniferous Period). The big numbers in geology never cease to impress me, especially when compared to our own short lives. When the structure of the rock was examined it was found to have large crystals, indicating that the molten rock ( lava ) from which the island ...