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Page 179:-
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altitudes of mountains
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A TABLE OF THE HEIGHTS OF MOUNTAINS IN
THE COUNTIES OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, AND
LANCASHIRE.
| No. | Names of Mountains. | Counties. | Height in Feet above the Sea
Level. |
| 1 | Scawfell Pikes | Cumberland | 3160 |
| 2 | Scawfell | Cumberland | 3100 |
| 3 | Helvellyn | Cumberland | 3055 |
| 4 | Skiddaw | Cumberland | 3022 |
| 5 | Fairfield | Westmorland | 2950 |
| 6 | Great Gable, Wastdale | Cumberland | 2925 |
| 7 | Bowfell | Westmorland | 2914 |
| 8 | Rydal Head | Westmorland | 2910 |
| 9 | Pillar | Cumberland | 2893 |
| 10 | Blencathra, Saddleback | Cumberland | 2787 |
| 11 | Grassmoor | Cumberland | 2756 |
| 12 | Red Pike, Buttermere | Cumberland | 2750 |
| 13 | High Street, Kentmere | Westmorland | 2700 |
| 14 | Grisedale Pike | Cumberland | 2680 |
| 15 | Coniston Old Man | Lancashire | 2632 |
| 16 | Hill Bell | Westmorland | 2500 |
| 17 | Langdale Pikes | Westmorland | 2400 |
| 18 | Carrock Fell, Caldbeck | Cumberland | 2110 |
| 19 | High Pike, Caldbeck | Cumberland | 2101 |
| 20 | Causey Pike | Cumberland | 2040 |
| 21 | Black Combe | Cumberland | 1919 |
| 22 | Lord's Seat | Cumberland | 1728 |
| 23 | Honister Crag | Cumberland | 1700 |
| 24 | Whinfell Beacon, near
Kendal | Westmorland | 1500 |
| 25 | Cat Bell, Newlands | Cumberland | 1448 |
| 26 | Latrigg, Keswick | Cumberland | 1160 |
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| Height in Feet. |
| Highest English Mountain, Scawfell
Pike, Cumberland | 3,166 |
| Highest Welsh Mountain, Snowden,
Carnarvonshire | 3,571 |
| Highest Irish Mountain, Gurrane Tual,
Kerry | 3,404 |
| Highest Scotch Mountain, Ben Nevis,
Invernesshire | 4,408 |
| Highest European Mountain, Mount
Blanc | 15,781 |
| Highest Mountain in the World,
Dhawalagiri, Asia | 26,862 |
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altitudes of passes
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PASSES.
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the Level of the Sea |
| Sty Head | Cumberland | 1250 |
| Buttermere Hawes,
Newlands | Cumberland | 1160 |
| Kirkstone | Westmorland | 1200 |
| Borrowdale Hawes, to
Buttermere | Cumberland | 1100 |
| Dunmail Raise | West. & Cumb. | 720 |
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-- Black Combe
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-- "Bowfell" -- Bow Fell
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-- Carrock Fell
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-- "Cat Bell" -- Cat Bells
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-- Causey Pike
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-- Dunmail Raise
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-- Fairfield
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-- "Grassmoor" -- Grasmoor
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-- Great Gable
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-- Grisedale Pike
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-- Helvellyn
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-- High Pike
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-- High Street
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-- Honister Crag
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-- "Borrowdale Hawes" -- Honister Pass
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-- "Hill Bell" -- Ill Bell
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-- "Kirkstone" -- Kirkstone Pass
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-- Langdale Pikes
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-- Latrigg
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-- "Buttermere Hawes" -- Newlands Hause
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-- "Coniston Old Man" -- Old Man of Coniston, The
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-- Pillar
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-- Red Pike
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-- Rydal Head
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-- "Blencathra" -- Saddleback
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-- "Scawfell" -- Sca Fell
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-- "Scawfell Pikes" -- Scafell Pike
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-- Skiddaw
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-- Sty Head
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-- Whinfell Beacon
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