The White Scar limestone pavement and Ingleborough Mountain in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Ingleborough is the second highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales with a height of 723 m 2373 ft It is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks the other two being Whernside and Pen y ghent Ingleborough is frequently climbed as part of the Three Peaks Challenge which is a 24 mile 38 km circular challenge walk starting and finishing in Horton in Ribblesdale A limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles an artificial pavement Conditions for limestone pavements are created when an advancing glacier scrapes away overburden and exposes horizontally bedded limestone with subsequent glacial retreat leaving behind a flat bare surface Limestone is slightly soluble in water so corrosive drainage along joints and cracks in the limestone can produce slabs called clints isolated by deep fissures called grikes or grykes
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Location: ingleborough, yorkshire dales national park, yorkshire, england, united kingdom
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