The notable rock off Troon is known as "The Ailsa Craig," a prominent granite island located about 10 miles off the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is famous for its bird sanctuary and its distinctive shape, which resembles a giant rock formation. Ailsa Craig is also renowned for its high-quality granite, historically used for making curling stones. The island is a popular spot for Birdwatching and offers stunning views of the surrounding coastline.
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock formed when sand is deposited and cemented together into a solid rock. Pumice is an igneous rock notable for being filled with holes. It is formed when a volvano erupts foamy lava filled with gas bubbles that are locked in place when the lava solidifies.
Exfoliation is the mechanical weathering process that causes rock to flake off in layers. This occurs due to the expansion and contraction of rock surfaces, caused by temperature changes, which lead to the peeling away of outer layers of rock.
When water rubs against rock, tiny particles of the rock slowly break off and the rock gets smaller. When ice does the same, it does the same thing but a little faster.
They can be moved by the rain coming down and landing on the rock so the rock brakes and crumbles off.Also it can be caused by the wind blowing on the rock and bits can fall off the rocks.
The shape of a rock that has just broken off a larger block of rock would likely be irregular with rough and jagged edges where it separated from the main block. It may also exhibit a fractured surface where the break occurred.
Troon's population is 14,766.
Troon F.C. was created in 1946.
Troon railway station was created in 1892.
Royal Troon, it is a golf course in Scotland. It is also the name of a golf course management company HQ'd in Scottsdale, Arizona. The courses are premiere, high end golf courses.
Troon - old - railway station was created in 1839.
Troon - old - railway station ended in 1892.
Royal Troon Golf Club was created in 1878.
Troon - Harbour - railway station ended in 1846.
Troon - Harbour - railway station was created in 1812.
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Troon is a harbour town located thirteen kilometres north of the city Ayr on the west coast of Scotland, UK. Troon is within the council area of South Ayrshire, and can be reached by trains which commute frequently between Troon Railway Station and Glasgow Central Station.