{{Short description|Fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Gibson Knott | elevation_m = 422 | elevation_ref = | prominence = ''c.'' 10 m | parent_peak = [[Calf Crag]] | listing = [[List of Wainwrights|Wainwright]] | location = [[Cumbria]], [[England]] | range = [[Lake District]], [[Central Fells]] | coordinates = {{coord|54.47986|N|3.05253|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | grid_ref_UK = NY319099 | topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Explorer'' OL5, OL7 | image = Gibson Knott - geograph.org.uk - 3168300.jpg | image_caption = | map = United Kingdom Lake District | map_caption = Location in Lake District, UK }}
'''Gibson Knott''' is a [[fell]] in the English [[Lake District]], an intermediate height on the ridge between Greenburn and Far Easedale in the [[Central Fells]].
==Topography== The spine of the Central Fells runs on a north–south axis with the highpoint at [[High Raise (Langdale)|High Raise]]. A complex system of daleheads to the east of this apex resolves itself into [[Calf Crag]], a broad-topped ridge featuring a number of rocky tops. This ridge then splits into two arms about the head of Greenburn, the southern branch running on to Gibson Knott and [[Helm Crag]].
Between Calf Crag and Helm Crag the ridge narrows to perhaps a hundred yards in width, gradually curving to the south east on its one and a half mile course. There are several tops on this section, Gibson Knott being halfway along.
The southern face above Far Easedale is rocky, Horn Crag being the principal feature. The northern side drops more gradually to the upper gathering grounds of Greenburn Bottom. There is little loss of height going westward from the summit before the climb to Calf Crag begins on a broadening ridge. Between Gibson Knott and Helm Crag lies the depression of Bracken Hause at around 1,100 ft.
==Geology== The summit knolls are laminated [[volcaniclastic]] [[claystone]] and [[siltstone]] of the Esk Pike Formation. The remainder of the ridge top is composed of [[dacitic]] [[lapilli tuff]].<ref name="BGS">British Geological Survey: 1:50,000 series maps, ''England & Wales Sheets 29, 38'': BGS (1999)</ref> There is no history of mining within the area of the fell.
==Summit== There being a couple of rocky knolls of similar height the summit point could be debated, but custom and practice has resulted in a [[cairn]] on the western outcrop.<ref name="wainwright">{{cite book |author=Wainwright, A |author-link=Alfred Wainwright |title= [[Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells|A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells]], Book 3 The Central Fells |publisher= Westmorland Gazette |year= 1958}}</ref><ref name="richards">Mark Richards: ''The Central Fells'': Collins (2003): {{ISBN|0-00-711365-X}}</ref> There is an all round view although perhaps not as expansive as could be expected from the centre of the District.It can be improved slightly by moving east along the ridge.<ref name="wainwright"/><ref name="richards"/>
==Ascents== The fell is most commonly climbed as part of a circuit of Greenburn following a good path, but ascents from Grasmere via either flank of Bracken Hause are also possible.<ref name="wainwright"/><ref name="richards"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Central Fells}}
[[Category:Fells of the Lake District]]