Black Crag Explained

Black Crag may refer to:

• A subsidiary top of Scoat Fell, Mosedale, Cumbria, England
• A southern part of Red Pike, Wasdale, Cumbria, England
• A subsidiary top of Rossett Pike, Langdale, Cumbria, England
• A summit of Hugill Fell, above Staveley, Cumbria, England
• Black Crag (Antarctica) the eastern extremity of Noville Peninsula, Antarctica

Note

Newsome in her A Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells identifies 16 distinct Black Crags mentioned by Wainwright,^[1] while Ordnance Survey mapping shows 5 including another in Northumberland, a mile west of the Pennine Way in the civil parish of Tarset.^[2] The Database of British and Irish Hills lists only the Mosedale, Langdale and Wasdale summits shown above.

Notes and References

1. Book: Newsome . Joan . A Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells . 1992 . Michael Joseph . 0718140605 . 17.
2. 2°17'35"W, 55°12'19"N