Whernside
Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.Places of Interest
Highlights: Ribblehead Viaduct and Ribblehead railway station.
Ribblehead railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chapel-le-Dale and Stone House.
Chapel-le-Dale
Hamlet
Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England.
Whernside
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,415 feet
- Description: mountain in Cumbria, United Kingdom; one of the ‘Yorkshire Three Peaks’
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Dent, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.22891° or 54° 13′ 44″ north
Longitude
-2.40198° or 2° 24′ 7″ west
Elevation
2,415 feet (736 metres)
Open location code
9C6V6HHX+H6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Whernside” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Whernside”
- Cebuano: “Whernside (bukid sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Whernside”
- Dutch: “Whernside”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل وايرنسيد”
- French: “Whernside”
- German: “Whernside”
- Japanese: “ウエーンサイド”
- Ladin: “Whernside”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Whernside”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whernside”
- Norwegian: “Whernside”
- Russian: “Уэрнсайд”
- Swedish: “Whernside”
- Western Panjabi: “ورنسائیڈ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cable Rake Top and Cable Rake.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Greensett Moss and Greensett Cave.
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Worth a closer look: Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.
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