Summit Register

Marilyn · Cumberland, England

Black Combe

600.2 m

1,969 ftDrop 361.6 mSD 135 854

Finder: 24 Marilyns in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBlack Combe600.2Green Crag488.7Harter Fell (Eskdale)653.2Dow Crag778Whin Rigg (Wasdale)537
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBlack Combe600.2Green Crag488.7Harter Fell (Eskdale)653.2
Looking north, 5246 km wide, heights ×1425 (method).

Black Combe is a Marilyn of 600.2 m in Cumberland. Its closest neighbour in this register, Green Crag, is 14.3 km away.

All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. It shares its height of 600.2 m with Silver Hill. On the Marilyns height ladder it sits between Silver Hill (600.2 m) and Craig y Llyn (600 m). Its nearest higher summit, White Maiden (612.6 m, 15.6 km north-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point, inside a shelter.

To scale

Summit600.2 mKey col238.6 mdrop 361.6 msea level
Key col SD 1807 9703, 12.5 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

600.2 m158th highest of 242 in England

Drop

361.6 m335th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

15.6 km90th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Green Crag14.3 km north-east
    488.7 m
  2. 2
    Harter Fell (Eskdale)16.5 km north-east
    653.2 m
  3. 3
    Dow Crag17.7 km north-east
    778 m
  4. 4
    Whin Rigg (Wasdale)18.1 km north
    537 m
1234Green CragDow CragWhin RiggN5 km

Lists

  • 871st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
White Maiden, 612.6 m, 15.6 km north-east
Region
34D: Lake District S
OS map
96
Summit
Ground on W side of shelter 8m W of trig point
DoBIH no.
2646
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Black Combe

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures