Great Calva
Great Calva is a fell in the Lake District, England. It is in the Northern Fells, lying roughly at the centre of this region of high ground. As a result, it is distant from roads and quite remote by Lakeland standards.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knott and Skiddaw.
Knott
Peak
Knott is a mountain in the northern part of the English Lake District. It is the highest point of the Back o'Skiddaw region, an area of wild and unfrequented moorland to the north of Skiddaw and Blencathra.
Skiddaw
Peak
Photo: Antiquary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England. Its 931-metre summit is traditionally considered to be the fourth-highest peak but depending on what topographic prominence is thought to be significant is also variously ranked as the third- and the sixth-highest in England.
Bakestall
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakestall is a fell in the English Lake District, it is situated seven kilometres north of Keswick in the quieter, even secluded northern sector of the national park known as ‘Back o’ Skiddaw’.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Applethwaite and Threlkeld.
Applethwaite
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282.
Threlkeld
Village
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.
Little Crosthwaite
Hamlet
Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Little Crosthwaite is a hamlet in the Cumberland district in the English county of Cumbria. It forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw. Little Crosthwaite is located on the A591 road on the eastern shore of the Bassenthwaite Lake between Keswick and Bassenthwaite.
Great Calva
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,267 feet
- Description: mountain in United Kingdom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ireby and Uldale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.67073° or 54° 40′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.10111° or 3° 6′ 4″ westElevation
2,267 feet (691 metres)Open location code
9C6RMVCX+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 29952016OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Great Calva” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Great Calva”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جريات كالڤا”
- Ladin: “Great Calva”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Skiddaw Forest and Snab.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Calva and Candleseaves Bog.
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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 “Great Calva”. Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.