Editing Scafell Pike (section)

==Topography==
Scafell Pike is one of a horseshoe of high [[fell]]s, open to the south, surrounding the head of [[Eskdale, Cumbria]]. It stands on the western side of the [[cirque]], with [[Scafell]] to the south and [[Great End]] to the north. This ridge forms the watershed between Eskdale and [[Wasdale]], which lies to the west.<ref name="wainwright" />

The narrowest definition of Scafell Pike begins at the col of [[Mickledore]] {{convert|831.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} in the south, takes in the wide, stony summit area and ends at the next depression, Broad Crag  [[Mountain pass|Col]], c. {{convert|877.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}. A more inclusive view takes in two further tops: [[Broad Crag]], {{convert|935.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} and [[Ill Crag]], {{convert|930.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}, the two being separated by Ill Crag Col, {{convert|882.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}. This is the position taken by most guidebooks.<ref name="richards">Richards, Mark: ''Mid-Western Fells'': Collins (2004): {{ISBN|0-00-711368-4}}</ref><ref name="wainwright">{{cite book | last = Wainwright | first = A. | author-link = Alfred Wainwright | year = 2003 | orig-year = Originally published 1960 | title = The Southern Fells | publisher = Francis Lincoln | location = London | isbn = 0-7112-2230-4}}</ref> North of Ill Crag is the more definite depression of Calf Cove at {{convert|853.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}, before the ridge climbs again to Great End, {{convert|909.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Scafell Pike also has outliers on either side of the ridge. [[Lingmell]] {{convert|807|m|ft|abbr=on}}, to the north west, is invariably regarded as a separate fell,<ref name="richards"/><ref name="wainwright"/> while Pen, {{convert|760|m|ft}}, a shapely summit above the Esk, is normally taken as a satellite of the Pike. Middleboot Knotts is a further top lying on the Wasdale slopes of Broad Crag, which is listed as a [[nuttall (hill)|Nuttall]].

The rough summit plateau is fringed by crags on all sides with Pikes Crag and Dropping Crag above Wasdale and Rough Crag to the east. Below Rough Crag and Pen is a further tier, named Dow Crag and Central Pillar on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps, although known as Esk Buttress among climbers.<ref name="bmc">''British Mountain Maps: Lake District'': Harvey (2006): {{ISBN|1-85137-467-1}}</ref>

Broad Crag Col is the source of Little Narrowcove Beck in the east and of Piers Gill in the west. The latter works its way around Lingmell to [[Wast Water]] through a spectacular ravine, one of the most impressive in the Lake District. It is dangerous in rain and treacherous in winter, as when it freezes over it creates an icy patch, with lethal exposure should you slip. Several accidents and some deaths have occurred in Piers Gill.<ref>{{cite web |title=Piers Gill – Scafell Pike – Wasdale Mountain Rescue |url=https://www.wmrt.org.uk/advice/accident-black-spots/piers-gill-scafell-pike/ |website=www.wmrt.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Piers Gill – Wasdale Mountain Rescue |url=https://www.wmrt.org.uk/incidents/locations/piers-gill/ |website=www.wmrt.org.uk}}</ref>

Broad Crag is a small top with its principal face on the west and the smaller Green Crag looking down on Little Narrowcove. From Broad Crag, the ridge turns briefly east across Ill Crag Col and onto the shapely pyramidal summit of Ill Crag. Ill Crag and its associated crags overlook Eskdale.<ref name="wainwright" />

Scafell Pike has a claim to the highest standing water body in England in Broad Crag Tarn, which (confusingly) is on Scafell Pike proper, rather than on Broad Crag. It lies at about {{convert|820|m|ft|abbr=on}}, a quarter of a mile (400&nbsp;m) south of the summit.  [[Foxes Tarn]] on Scafell is of comparable height.<ref name="blair">Blair, Don: ''Exploring Lakeland Tarns'': Lakeland Manor Press (2003): {{ISBN|0-9543904-1-5}}</ref>

===Mountain classification===
Scafell Pike is a [[List of Marilyns in the British Isles|Marilyn summit]] which automatically makes it a [[HuMP]] and a [[TuMP]]. Scafell Pike is topologically unusual because the Marilyn qualification contour ("Maquaco") line, 150 metres below the summit, passes around Scafell, which is itself a HuMP.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} This contour also encloses three other TuMP summits: Broad Crag, Ill Crag and Great End.