Calf Crag
| Calf Crag | |
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 Calf Crag
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 537 m (1,762 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 40 m |
| Parent peak | High Raise |
| Listing | Wainwright |
| Coordinates | 54°29′06″N 3°04′44″W / 54.48502°N 3.07891°WCoordinates: 54°29′06″N 3°04′44″W / 54.48502°N 3.07891°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
| Parent range | Lake District, Central Fells |
| OS grid | NY302105 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 90 |
Calf Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, on the eastern side of the High Raise massif.
The spine of the Central Fells runs on a north–south axis with the high point at High Raise. A complex system of daleheads to the east of this apex resolves itself into Calf Crag, a broad-topped ridge featuring a number of rocky tops.
Calf Crag is bounded by Wythburndale to the north and by its upper gathering grounds to the west. Far Easedale lies to the south while the head of Greenburn forms the eastern face, both of these sides being craggy. The Wyth Burn flows north east into Thirlmere while Far Easedale Gill and Green Burn descend to the River Rothay and ultimately to Windermere. Calf Crag thus stands on the main north-south watershed of the Lakeland Fells.
The summit plateau, about a mile across, sends two narrow eastern ridges to the north and south of Greenburn Bottom. The former leads to Steel Fell, while the southern spur passes over Gibson Knott before ending at Helm Crag. Southwest from Calf Crag the ground rises over rocky terrain to Sergeant Man and High Raise, although this could hardly be termed a ridge.
Much of Calf Crag is covered by Quaternary deposits although the summit knoll is an outcrop of the Lincomb Tarn Formation. This is composed of dacitic lapilli-tuff with andesite sills. The eastern crags at Pike of Carrs display the underlying Esk Pike Formation of volcaniclastic sandstone.
The summit is a rocky knoll with a small crag directly to the south. There is a tidy cairn although the patch of rushes noted by Wainwright is no longer in evidence. A tarn lies between here and a subsidiary top to the west.
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