Whernside
737 m in North Yorkshire and Westmorland and Furness. The nearest trig pillar is Little Whernside, 137 m away.
- Height
- 737 m
- Drop
- 408 m
- Position
- 54.22895, -2.40198
- DoBIH number
- 2779
The hill
723rd of 2,342 by height.
737 m, with 408 m of drop — 262nd 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, Nuttall, current county top and administrative county top.
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Summit pillar
No pillar on this summit.
The nearest is Little Whernside, station PP6, 137 m away.
Little WhernsideAlso on
5 lists.
Nearby
Fourteen pillars within ten kilometres.
- Little WhernsidePP6 · standing · 736 m137 m
- Blea MoorSD96/T1 · standing · 536 m3.5 km
- Crag HillSD47/12 · standing · 683 m5.0 km
- Park FellSD96/T36 · standing · 564 m5.2 km
- Gragareth FellSD47/14 · standing · 627 m5.6 km
- IngleboroughSD96/11 · standing · 724 m7.0 km
The six nearest are listed.