Malham Tarn
Malham Tarn is a glacial lake near the village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The lake is one of only eight upland alkaline lakes in Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Janet’s Foss and Gordale Scar.
Janet’s Foss
Waterfall
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Janet's Foss is a small waterfall near the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It carries Gordale Beck over a limestone outcrop topped by tufa into a deep pool below.
Gordale Scar
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gordale Scar is a limestone ravine 1 mile north-east of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It contains two waterfalls and has overhanging limestone cliffs over 330 feet high.
Lister Arms
Hotel
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lister Arms is a historic public house in Malham, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The inn was built in 1723, while in the early 19th century it was heightened, and the windows were altered.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malham Cove and Malham.
Malham Cove
Locality
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malham Cove is a large curved limestone formation 0.6 miles north of the village of Malham, North Yorkshire, England. It was formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago.
Malham
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malham is a village in North Yorkshire set in karstic scenery: its best-known feature is the cliff of Malham Cove. In 2021 its population was just over 200, which includes the neighbouring smaller village of Kirkby Malham.
Bordley
Hamlet
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Bordley is a village in the civil parish of Hetton-cum-Bordley, in North Yorkshire, England, within the Yorkshire Dales National Park and 12 miles north of Skipton.
Malham Tarn
- Type: Lake
- Description: is a glacial lake near the village of Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, England
- Categories: glacial lake and body of water
- Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.09598° or 54° 5′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.16452° or 2° 9′ 52″ westElevation
1,237 feet (377 metres)Open location code
9C6V3RWP+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 279665112OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2643158Wikidata ID
Q1225708
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Malham Tarn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Malham Tarn”
- Cebuano: “Malham Tarn”
- Chinese: “马勒姆湖”
- Dutch: “Malham Tarn”
- Esperanto: “Malham Tarn”
- French: “Malham Tarn”
- German: “Malham Tarn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Malham Tarn”
- Spanish: “Malham Tarn”
- Swedish: “Malham Tarn”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Malham Tarn”. Photo: Dbenbenn, CC BY-SA 3.0.