Knockan Crag

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Knockan Crag is a famous geological site in the Scottish Highlands known for its dramatic rock exposures that reveal the Moine Thrust and the complex tectonic history of the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Knockan Crag canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Nature Reserve ⓘ
geological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
accessibleVia A835 road ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
designatedAs National Nature Reserve ⓘ
designatedBy NatureScot ⓘ
geologicalAge Cambrian ⓘ
Ordovician ⓘ
linked to: Ordovician Period

Precambrian ⓘ
hasAttraction Rock Room exhibition ⓘ
art installations ⓘ
viewpoints ⓘ
hasEducationalRole field site for geology students ⓘ
hasFacility car park ⓘ
interpretive panels ⓘ
waymarked trails ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt

thrust fault ⓘ
unconformity ⓘ
hasInterpretiveCenter Knockan Crag visitor centre ⓘ
hasRockType Cambrian quartzite ⓘ
Lewisian gneiss ⓘ
Moine schist ⓘ
Torridonian sandstone ⓘ
hasSignificance key site for understanding thrust tectonics ⓘ
hasStatus protected area ⓘ
hasTrail Crag Top Trail ⓘ
Rock Trail ⓘ
Thrust Trail ⓘ
hasViewOf Assynt mountains ⓘ
linked to: Assynt

Coigach ⓘ
knownFor classic thrust tectonics ⓘ
dramatic rock exposures ⓘ
exposure of the Moine Thrust ⓘ
role in development of modern geology ⓘ
locatedIn Assynt ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
Sutherland ⓘ
managedBy NatureScot ⓘ
nearestSettlement Elphin ⓘ
nearestTown Ullapool ⓘ
partOf North West Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Highlands

North West Highlands Geopark ⓘ
region northwest Scotland ⓘ
showsRelationshipBetween older Moine rocks and younger Cambrian rocks ⓘ
showsStructure older rocks thrust over younger rocks ⓘ
tectonicSetting Caledonian Orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moine Thrust Belt → exposedAt → Knockan Crag ⓘ
Assynt → contains → Knockan Crag ⓘ
Loch Assynt → hasNearbyGeologicalSite → Knockan Crag ⓘ