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Whitbarrow Scar

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Whitbarrow Scar
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Whitbarrow Scar 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.
Whitbarrow Scar is a prominent limestone sea cliff in the English Lake District, formed from Carboniferous Limestone, approximately 340 to 320 million years old. The Scar was shaped by glacial activity and subsequent coastal erosion, and it is notable for its dramatic landscape and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its geological and ecological features.

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Photo: John Berry · CC BY-SA 2.0