Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Gibson Knott

420.1 m

1,378 ftDrop 8.8 mNY 316 100

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGibson Knott420.1Steel Fell553Helm Crag405Tarn Crag (Easedale)549Calf Crag537
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGibson Knott420.1Steel Fell553Helm Crag405
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Gibson Knott is a Lake District fell of 420.1 m in Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 8.8 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

It sits below Steel Fell, only 1.1 km to the north and 132.9 m higher. Its key col leads to High Raise, not to its nearest higher summit, Steel Fell. It is 230.9 m below the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness.

To scale

Summit420.1 mKey col411.3 msea level
Key col NY 3163 1004.

Where it stands

Height

420.1 m226th highest of 242 in England

Drop

8.8 m1128th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.1 km1023rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Steel Fell1.1 km north
    553 m
  2. 2
    Helm Crag1.2 km south-east
    405 m
  3. 3
    Tarn Crag (Easedale)1.5 km south-west
    549 m
  4. 4
    Calf Crag1.6 km west
    537 m
1234Steel FellHelm CragTarn CragCalf CragN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Steel Fell, 553 m, 1.1 km north
Parent Marilyn
High Raise
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
90
Summit
Cairn on rocky outcrop
DoBIH no.
2494
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Gibson Knott

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