Scarth Gap

Scarth Gap is a mountain saddle in Ennerdale and Kinniside, Cumberland, England and has an elevation of 1,460 feet. Scarth Gap is situated nearby to the locality Great Stack, as well as near Stack Rake.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buttermere and Pillar.

Buttermere

Lake

Buttermere is a lake in the Lake District in North West England. It has an area of 0.9 square kilometres, a length of approximately 2 kilometres, a maximum width of 0.54 kilometres, a maximum depth of 28.6 metres, and a surface elevation of 100.3 metres above sea level.

Pillar

Peak

Photo: Malcolm Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pillar is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. Situated between the valleys of Ennerdale to the north and Wasdale to the south, it is the highest point of the Pillar group.

High Crag

Peak

Photo: Archie424, Public domain.

High Crag stands at the southern end of the High Stile ridge which divides the valleys of Ennerdale and Buttermere in the west of the English Lake District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buttermere and Gatesgarth.

Buttermere

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Buttermere is a village of 120 people in Cumbria that takes its name from Buttermere, a lake in the Lake District National Park.

Gatesgarth

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gatesgarth is a settlement in Lake District of England. It is situated to the east of the lake of Buttermere, on the B5289 road on its western approach to the Honister Pass.

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.

Scarth Gap

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,460 feet
Category: landform
Location: Ennerdale and Kinniside, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5089° or 54° 30′ 32″ north

Longitude

-3.2538° or 3° 15′ 14″ west

Elevation

1,460 feet (445 metres)

Open location code

9C6RGP5W+GF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 333010017

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

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