Illgill Head
Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Archie424, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,998 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Illgill Head (summit)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whin Rigg and Burnmoor Tarn.
Whin Rigg
Peak
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of Whitehaven.
Burnmoor Tarn
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot.
Middle Fell
Peak
Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middle Fell is a hill or fell in the English Lake District. It is a satellite of Seatallan standing above the northern shore of Wastwater. Middle Fell can be climbed from Greendale near the foot of Wastwater, and a fine view of the lake backed by the Wastwater Screes is visible from the summit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boot and Wasdale Head.
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.
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.
Nether Wasdale
Village
Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake.
Illgill Head
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.43294° or 54° 25′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.28267° or 3° 16′ 58″ westElevation
1,998 feet (609 metres)Open location code
9C6RCPM8+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 29877962OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Illgill Head” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Illgill Head”
- Ladin: “Illgill Head”
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Highlights include Illgill Head (Wainwright) and Maiden Castle Cairn.
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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 “Illgill Head”. Photo: Archie424, Public domain.