Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Great Sca Fell

651 m

2,136 ftDrop 13 mNY 291 339

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Sca Fell651Meal Fell549.4Knott710.1Brae Fell585.4Great Cockup526
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmGreat Sca Fell651Meal Fell549.4Knott710.1
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Great Sca Fell is a Lake District fell of 651 m in Cumberland. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 13 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

It shares its height of 651 m with Rossett Pike. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between High Spy (653.1 m) and Rossett Pike (651 m). The key col is close by, only 0.4 km to the south at 638 m. 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

Summit651 mKey col638 msea level
Key col NY 292 335, 0.4 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

651 m134th highest of 242 in England

Drop

13 m1115th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.0 km1047th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Meal Fell0.8 km west
    549.4 m
  2. 2
    Knott1.0 km south-east
    710.1 m
  3. 3
    Brae Fell1.3 km north
    585.4 m
  4. 4
    Great Cockup1.9 km west
    526 m
1234Meal FellKnottBrae FellGreat CockupN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Knott, 710.1 m, 1.0 km south-east
Parent Marilyn
Knott
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Cairn
DoBIH no.
2338
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Great Sca Fell

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