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Walla Crag, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKi
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Walla CragFell
BorrowdaleCivil Parish
AllerdaleDistrict
CumbriaCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 34' 53'' North , 3° 7' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
NY276212
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
1457
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1457:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
North and Western Region; Cumberland


Walla Crag is a fell in the English Lake District, near Keswick. The fell is a short walk from Keswick and overlooks Derwentwater.

The crag is the terminal cliff on a short ridge running northwest from Bleaberry Fell, dropping about 400 feet (120 metres) from the plateau above. Below this are further steep slopes before the gradient slackens on the shore of Derwentwater. The face is heavily wooded — mainly with conifers — almost to the top. The trees continue down through Great Wood to the lake. Walla Crag has one major breach, Lady's Rake.

The summit lies a little way back from the brink, the smooth heather-clad hinterland then dropping to the broad depression of Low Moss. Beyond here the ground rises again to Bleaberry Fell. The southern boundary of the fell is formed by Cat Gill, which flows west from Loss Moss to the lake. The gill separates Walla Crag from the neighbouring Falcon Crag, popular with rock climbers. Brockle Beck flows north from Low Moss, before turning west to enter Derwentwater at Strandshag Bay.

The crag itself exposes the plagioclase-phyric andesite lavas of the Birker Fell Formation. The summit area is overlain by drift deposits.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Augite9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
OOxygen
O Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
AlAluminium
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CaCalcium
Ca Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
FeIron
Fe Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walla_Crag
Wikidata ID:Q4476111

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