Featherbed Moss | |
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![]() Cairn on Featherbed Moss at the track junction toLady Cross | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 541 m (1,775 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 10 m[1] |
Parent peak | Black Hill[2] |
Listing | none |
Coordinates | 53°30′25″N1°55′53″W / 53.5070°N 1.9314°W /53.5070; -1.9314 |
Geography | |
Location | Derbyshire,England |
Parent range | Peak District |
OS grid | SE046011 |
Topo map | OSLandranger 110; OL1W |
Featherbed Moss is a flat-topped hill, 541 metres (1,775 ft) high, in thePeak District in the county ofDerbyshire in England.[1] It is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a jointcounty top.[2]
Featherbed Moss is a treeless, domed summit covered by moist peaty moorland vegetation. It rises south ofChew Reservoir. To the south the land falls increasingly steeply into theTorside Reservoir and, to the east into the ravine of theCrowden Great Brook through which thePennine Way runs from north to south.[2]
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