Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Great Calva

691 m

2,267 ftDrop 142 mNY 290 311

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Calva691Knott710.1Bakestall673.5Meal Fell549.4Great Sca Fell651
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Calva691Knott710.1Bakestall673.5
Looking north, 87 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Great Calva is a Lake District fell of 691 m in Cumberland. Its drop of 142 m makes it a Hewitt but is short of the 150 m a Marilyn needs.

Its nearest higher summit, Knott, is also the hill its key col leads to. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit691 mKey col548.8 msea level
Key col NY 2871 3237, 1.3 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

691 m107th highest of 242 in England

Drop

142 m899th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.9 km817th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Knott1.9 km north
    710.1 m
  2. 2
    Bakestall2.5 km west
    673.5 m
  3. 3
    Meal Fell2.7 km north
    549.4 m
  4. 4
    Great Sca Fell2.7 km north
    651 m
1234KnottBakestallMeal FellGreat Sca FellN1 km

Lists

  • 95th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 173rd highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 135th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Knott, 710.1 m, 1.9 km north
Parent Marilyn
Knott
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2331
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Great Calva

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