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Tarn Crags

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Tarn Crags
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Tarn Crags is shown as a cliff on the public map of Westmorland and Furness. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Tarn Crags is a sea cliff composed of Carboniferous limestone, formed around 340–320 million years ago through the accumulation of marine sediments. The crags are notable for their exposure of folded and faulted rock layers, reflecting the tectonic activity of the Variscan Orogeny.

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Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0