Scafell
Scafell is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has a height of 964 metres, making it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour, Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,163 feet
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Sca Fell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scafell Pike and Foxes Tarn.
Scafell Pike
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Thorneh, Public domain.
Scafell Pike is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has an elevation of 978 metres above sea level, making it the highest and the most prominent mountain in England.
Foxes Tarn
Pond
Photo: Ron Shirt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxes Tarn is one of the smallest named tarns in the Lake District of England, situated slightly to the east of the summit of Sca Fell. Foxes Tarn is also one of the highest named tarns in the Lake District, with either it or the nearby Broadcrag Tarn being the higher.
Mickledore
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mickledore is a narrow ridge at an elevation of 840 metres, connecting the mountains of Scafell and Scafell Pike in the English Lake District. It is also a pass between the valleys of Wasdale and Eskdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasdale Head and Boot.
Wasdale Head
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wasdale Head is a scattered agricultural hamlet in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Wasdale Head claims to be home of the highest mountain, deepest lake, smallest church and biggest liar in England.
Boot
Village
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
Seathwaite
Hamlet
Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller…
Scafell
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Wasdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.44751° or 54° 26′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.22474° or 3° 13′ 29″ westElevation
3,163 feet (964 metres)Open location code
9C6RCQXG+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 29877963OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Scafell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Scafell”
- Cebuano: “Sca Fell”
- Chinese: “斯卡范勒峰”
- Chinese: “斯科費爾山”
- Dutch: “Sca Fell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سكا فيل”
- French: “Sca Fell”
- French: “Scafell”
- German: “Sca Fell”
- German: “Scafell”
- Icelandic: “Scafell”
- Ladin: “Sca Fell”
- Spanish: “Sca Fell”
- Swedish: “Sca Fell”
- Welsh: “Scafell”
- Western Panjabi: “سکافل”
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Localities in the Area
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