Great Whernside
704 m in North Yorkshire. Its summit pillar is Great Whernside, station PP7.
- Height
- 704 m
- Drop
- 288 m
- Position
- 54.16102, -1.99836
- DoBIH number
- 2781
The hill
834th of 2,342 by height.
704 m, with 288 m of drop — 504th most prominent of the 2,342 hills on a list here. It rises further above its surroundings than its height alone suggests — a hill that stands on its own rather than a high point on a longer ridge. Classed as Marilyn, HuMP, Simm, Hewitt and Nuttall.
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Summit pillar
Great Whernside stands here.
Station PP7 stands 8 m from the recorded summit, at 704 m. Ordnance Survey last recorded work on it in May 1975.
Great WhernsideAlso on
3 lists.
Nearby
Ten pillars within ten kilometres.
- Great WhernsidePP7 · standing · 704 mOn the summit
- Conistone MoorSD96/T5 · standing · 513 m3.9 km
- Middlesmoor PastureSD96/T30 · standing · 434 m4.8 km
- MeugherSD96/T28 · standing · 575 m5.5 km
- Buckden PikeSE38/22 · standing · 702 m6.4 km
- New Pasture EdgeSD96/T33 · standing · 396 m7.6 km
The six nearest are listed.