Blencathra
Sign in to saveBlencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at .
Key facts
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Blencathra from Castlerigg stone circle
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 868
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 461
- Mountain.parent_peak
- Skiddaw
- Mountain.range
- Cumbrian Mountains: Northern Fells
- Mountain.listing
- Hewitt, Marilyn, Nuttall, Wainwright
- Mountain.location
- Cumbria, England
- Mountain.grid_ref_UK
- NY323277
- Mountain.topo
- OS Landranger 90, Explorer, OL4, OL5
- Mountain.map
- United Kingdom Lake District
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Lake District, UK
- Mountain.name
- Blencathra
- Mountain.photo
- Blencathra from Castlerigg.jpg
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Topography
- Sharp Edge
- Geology
- Summit
- Ascents
- Ownership
- Other
- References
- External links
Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at .
==Name== For many years, Ordnance Survey listed Blencathra under the alternative name of 'Saddleback', which was coined in reference to the shape of the mountain when seen from the east. The guidebook author Alfred Wainwright popularised using the older Cumbric name, which is now used almost exclusively. Ordnance Survey currently marks the summit as ‘Saddleback or Blencathra’.