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Great Whernside

In or near Hawkswick.

Great Whernside — Named summit at 704 m.

Great Whernside

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About

Great Whernside is a mountain in yorkshire. (Mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles (27 km) to the west. Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell. Great Whernside forms the watershed between Wharfedale and Nidderdale, and is on the boundary between the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale National Landscape. The River Nidd rises on the eastern slopes of Great Whernside, above Angram Reservoir."

Coordinates
54.1610, -1.9983

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