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Mountains & hills · North West England

Pen-y-ghent

In or near Horton in Ribblesdale.

Pen-y-ghent — Named summit at 694 m.

Pen-y-ghent

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About

Pen-y-ghent is a mountain in north west. (Mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet (694 m); the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside. It lies 1.9 miles (3 km) east of Horton in Ribblesdale. It has a number of interesting geological features, such as Hunt Pot, and further down, Hull Pot. The waters that flow in have created an extensive cave system which rises at Brants Gill head."

Coordinates
54.1560, -2.2488

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