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160:Location in the Lake District
597:England & Wales Sheet 38
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721:Great Borne
506:Great Gable
456:plagioclase
342:Great Gable
296:Great Gable
259:Landrangers
115: /
90:Coordinates
855:Categories
811:Scoat Fell
766:High Stile
716:Gavel Fell
706:Fellbarrow
686:Buckbarrow
676:Blake Fell
671:Base Brown
552:References
529:Scoat Fell
446:-tuff and
365:Scoat Fell
328:Topography
284:Wast Water
100:54°27′51″N
79:Wainwright
60:Prominence
37:Wast Water
831:Yewbarrow
816:Seatallan
786:Mellbreak
776:Lank Rigg
771:Kirk Fell
761:High Crag
751:Haystacks
701:Crag Fell
681:Brandreth
510:Kirk Fell
452:rhyolitic
384:Wastwater
357:Kirk Fell
346:Ennerdale
324:" shape.
272:Yewbarrow
213:, England
187:Yewbarrow
154:Yewbarrow
128:Geography
103:3°16′39″W
50:Elevation
24:Yewbarrow
866:Nuttalls
781:Low Fell
756:Hen Comb
696:Caw Fell
525:Red Pike
460:andesite
458:-phyric
422:NY175091
406:Grid ref
377:Red Pike
373:Caw Fell
263:Explorer
261:89, 90,
251:Topo map
243:NY173084
207:Location
826:Steeple
746:Haycock
533:Steeple
502:Scafell
469:Ascents
448:breccia
444:lapilli
412:Status
390:Geology
369:Haycock
353:Wasdale
338:Wasdale
307:Nuttall
237:OS grid
211:Cumbria
83:Nuttall
70:Listing
796:Pillar
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514:Pillar
479:Pillar
431:Hewitt
409:Height
361:Pillar
322:barrow
303:Hewitt
292:barrow
75:Hewitt
741:Grike
545:cairn
463:lavas
274:is a
614:ISBN
578:ISBN
512:and
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403:Name
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332:The
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276:fell
318:yew
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