Bowfell
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Bowfell (named Bow Fell on Ordnance Survey maps) is a pyramid-shaped mountain lying at the heart of the English Lake District, in the Southern Fells area. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District and one of the most popular of the Lake District fells for walkers. It is listed in Alfred Wainwright's 'best half dozen' Lake District fells.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Lakes
- Elevation
- 902
- Image
- Bow Fell from Lingcove.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bowfell
- topographic prominence
- 146
- parent peak
- Scafell Pike
- mountain range
- Lake District
- historic county
- Westmorland
- OS grid reference
- NY2447506449
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Bowfell (named Bow Fell on Ordnance Survey maps) is a pyramid-shaped mountain lying at the heart of the English Lake District, in the Southern Fells area. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District and one of the most popular of the Lake District fells for walkers. It is listed in Alfred Wainwright's 'best half dozen' Lake District fells.
==Topography== The Southern Fells include the highest ground in England, a horseshoe which begins with Scafell and Scafell Pike in the west and then curves around the north of Upper Eskdale to take in Great End, Esk Pike, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bowfell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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