Angle Tarn (Patterdale)
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Angle Tarn is a lake in Westmorland, on the Angletarn Pikes about a mile east of Hartsop. Located at an altitude of 1,572 feet, the lake has an area of 15 acres, with a maximum depth of 30 feet.[1]
The tarn has a distinctive shape, resembling a fish hook. It contains two rocky islets and a small broken peninsula.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Angle Tarn (Patterdale)". f22.org.uk. http://www.f22.org.uk/lakes/Angle_Tarn_Patterdale/index.htm. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ Otley, Jonathan (1830). A concise description of the English lakes, and adjacent mountains: with general directions to tourists: notices of the botany, mineralogy, and geology of the district; observations on meteorolgy; the floating island in Derwent lake; and black-lead mine in Borrowdale. The author. p. 32. http://books.google.com/books?id=yHUuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA32. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
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