Whernside

Whernside seen from Ribbledale, in the foreground the Ribblehead Viaduct

The Whernside is a mountain in the north of England. It is situated in the Pennines on the border of the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in the middle of 1765 km ² large nature park Yorkshire Dales and is 736 m high.

Since April 1, 1974, the result of Whernside shifting boundaries in the course of the Local Government Act 1972, the highest elevation of the modern Yorkshire dar. Together with the Ingleborough ( 723 meters) and Pen-y- ghent ( 694 m ), he is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks ("three peaks of Yorkshire "). In essence, the Whernside consists of a long running in a north-south direction burr

It lead different paths to the summit, which can be part of the Three Peaks Walk. From the summit the view extends west to the Lake District and Morecambe Bay to. On clear days you can even Blackpool Tower seen in the southwest 64 km away.

Three kilometers southeast of the mountain is the Ribblehead Viaduct, a building of the railway line Settle - Carlisle.

With a relative height of about 200 m compared to the environment, the Whernside one of the few so-called English Marilyn dar. By definition, they reach a relative height of at least 150 m.