Thwaite Scars
Thwaite Scars is a hill in Austwick, Craven District, England and has an elevation of 1,335 feet. Thwaite Scars is situated nearby to the hamlet Wharfe, as well as near the village Austwick.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ingleborough Cave and Norber erratics.
Ingleborough Cave
Cave
Photo: Peter Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ingleborough Cave is a show cave close to the village of Clapham in North Yorkshire, England, adjacent to where the water from Gaping Gill resurges. That part of the cave that is open to the public follows a fossil gallery for some 500 metres.
Norber erratics
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Norber erratics are a group of glacial erratic boulders in Britain. They are found on the southern slopes of Ingleborough, close to the village of Austwick in the Yorkshire Dales.
Bar Pot
Cave
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bar Pot is one of the entrances to the Gaping Gill cave system being located about 340 metres south of Gaping Gill Main Shaft, on Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wharfe and Clapham.
Wharfe
Hamlet
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wharfe is a hamlet about a mile north east of the village of Austwick, North Yorkshire, England. Its postcode is LA2 8DQ. The name means 'The bend', The hamlet is the only settlement in Crummackdale, the upper valley of Austwick Beck.
Clapham
Photo: RobThinks, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Clapham is a village in North Yorkshire, with a population of roughly 600. It's set in the limestone scenery of the Dales, and its main attractions are Ingleborough show cave and the cave complex of Gaping Gill.
Feizor
Hamlet
Photo: jim walton, CC BY 3.0.
Feizor is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. Feizor is situated 2½ miles southeast of Thwaite Scars.
Thwaite Scars
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,335 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Austwick, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.13334° or 54° 8′ northLongitude
-2.36441° or 2° 21′ 52″ westElevation
1,335 feet (407 metres)Open location code
9C6V4JMP+86GeoNames ID
12621979
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