Tongue Head

Tongue Head is a hill in Borrowdale, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 2,152 feet. Tongue Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Seathwaite, as well as near Wasdale Head.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Esk Pike and Allen Crags.

Esk Pike

Peak

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Esk Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, one of the cirque of hills forming the head of Eskdale.

Allen Crags is a fell in the English Lake District, it lies in a group of very popular hills and is regarded as part of the Scafell group of fells. It is a hill that is frequently traversed by walkers along its ridge but is seldom climbed as the sole objective.

Angle Tarn

Photo: Mark Croston, CC BY 2.0.

Angle Tarn is a tarn to the north of Bowfell in the English Lake District. It drains into Langstrath Beck. This should not be confused with Angle Tarn, a larger lake with the same name about 11.5 miles to the south-west, also within the Lake District National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seathwaite and Wasdale Head.

Seathwaite

Hamlet

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Seathwaite is a small hamlet in the Borrowdale civil parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England. It is in the Lake District near Scafell Pike and 8 miles southwest of Keswick at the end of a minor road that heads southwest from the hamlet of Seatoller… Seathwaite is situated 2½ miles north of Tongue Head.

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. Wasdale Head is situated 3½ miles west of Tongue Head.

Seatoller

Village

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Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water. Seatoller is situated 3½ miles north of Tongue Head.

Tongue Head

Type: Hill with an elevation of 2,152 feet
Category: landform
Location: Borrowdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.46192° or 54° 27′ 43″ north

Longitude

-3.17266° or 3° 10′ 22″ west

Elevation

2,152 feet (656 metres)

Open location code

9C6RFR6G+QW

GeoNames ID

12624777

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