Fountains Fell
Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,192 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Fountain Fell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fountains Fell Tarn and Pen-y-ghent.
Fountains Fell Tarn
Pond
Fountains Fell Tarn, is an upland lake between the two peaks of Fountains Fell, in North Yorkshire, England. The tarn is close to the Pennine Way, some 4.3 miles north west of Malham Tarn, and 4.3 miles east of Horton in Ribblesdale.
Pen-y-ghent
Peak
Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside.
Giants’ Graves
Archaeological site
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hesleden and Brackenbottom.
Hesleden
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth.
Brackenbottom
Hamlet
Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village.
Foxup
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington.
Fountains Fell
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Malham Moor, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.13979° or 54° 8′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.20947° or 2° 12′ 34″ westElevation
2,192 feet (668 metres)Open location code
9C6V4QQR+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3065800404OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fountains Fell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fountains Fell”
- Dutch: “Fountains Fell”
- Ladin: “Fountains Fell”
- Swedish: “Fountains Fell”
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Localities in the Area
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