Wikiplacemarks.com  
 



Find us on Google+

Schoodic Peninsula outcrop

View on map:44.332455°N 68.060981°W

Comments

Granitic rocks were intruded by more mafic dikes during the Devonian.  The dikes have also eroded faster than the granites along the coast by wave action.  

Description


Schoodic Peninsula

The Schoodic Peninsula is a peninsula in Down East Maine. It is located four miles (6 km) east of Bar Harbor, Maine, as the crow flies. The Schoodic Peninsula contains 2,266 acres (9 km), or approximately 5% of Acadia National Park. It includes the towns of Gouldsboro and Winter Harbor. The peninsula has a rocky granite shoreline containing many volcanic dikes. The peninsula is home to the former United States Navy base, NGSA Winter Harbor, which has been converted into a National Park Service training center. A 3,300-acre (13 km2) resort development has been proposed for land abutting Schoodic Peninsula's national park holdings to the north.

References

All text is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Average user rating: Not rated

Click on a star to rate
 

Do you have a form that you would like to turn into an application?

Please share your ideas with us.

Contact us...