The name, with the middle word uncapitalised, is that used on Ordnance Survey maps and has wide support in guidebooks, although it is sometimes hyphenated.

[1] A three-mile ridge of high ground branches off north-east from the Fairfield horseshoe at Hart Crag.

Both dales meet the main valley of Kirkstone/Goldrill Beck which flows north through Patterdale to Ullswater.

Hartsop above How has a number of knolls along its length, the principal tops being above Gill Crag—the summit—and Gale Crag (1,679 feet (512 m)).

At the foot of the Dovedale face and continuing round above Brothers Water is Low Wood.