Great Whernside

What it is

Mountain

Height above sea level

704 m (2,310 ft)

Parent peak

Whernside

Country

United Kingdom

Coordinates

54.161°N 1.998°W

Source

Wikidata, CC0

Mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England

Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles (27 km) to the west. Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell. Great Whernside forms the watershed between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, and is on the boundary between the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale National Landscape.

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1. Penhill546 m · 13 km awayOn the map
2. Pen-y-ghent694 m · 16 km awayOn the map
3. Ingleborough723 m · 26 km awayOn the map
4. Whernside736 m · 27 km awayOn the map
5. Great Shunner Fell716 m · 28 km awayOn the map
6. Green Hill626 m · 31 km awayOn the map
7. Baugh Fell678 m · 32 km awayOn the map
8. Great Coum687 m · 32 km awayOn the map
9. Aye Gill Pike556 m · 32 km awayOn the map
10. Gragareth628 m · 32 km awayOn the map

The nearest higher peak its prominence is measured to.

1. Whernside736 mOn the map

1. Buckden Pike702 mOn the map
2. Great Knoutberry Hill672 mOn the map
3. Little Whernside604 mOn the map
4. Meugher575 mOn the map

1. Nordenskjöld Peak2,355 mOn the map
2. Mount Carse2,330 mOn the map
3. Mount Sugartop2,325 mOn the map
4. Mount Roots2,280 mOn the map
5. Mount Paterson2,195 mOn the map
6. Queen Mary's Peak2,062 mOn the map
7. Mount Baume1,910 mOn the map
8. Mount Macklin1,900 mOn the map
9. Mount Fagerli1,880 mOn the map
10. Mount Brooker1,880 mOn the map

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