Loughrigg Tarn
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| Loughrigg Tarn | |
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 View from Loughrigg Fell | |
| Location | Lake District |
| Coordinates | 54°25′50″N 3°0′42″W / 54.43056°N 3.01167°WCoordinates: 54°25′50″N 3°0′42″W / 54.43056°N 3.01167°W |
| Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Loughrigg Tarn is a small, natural lake in the Lake District, Cumbria. Situated north of Windermere, just north of the village of Skelwith Bridge, and at the foot of Loughrigg Fell. "Loughrigg Tarn" is a bit of a tautology, since "loughrigg" means "ridge of the lough (lake)" and "tarn" is also the name of a body of water.
Loughrigg Tarn was a favoured place of William Wordsworth, who, in his Epistle to Sir George Howland Beaumont Bart, likened it to “Diana’s Looking-glass...round clear and bright as heaven", a reference to Lake Nemi, the mirror of Diana in Rome.
 A spring reflection in Loughrigg Tarn sitting at the foot of Loughrigg Fell. |
 The Langdale Pikes seen in the distance across Loughrigg Tarn |
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