Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Mungrisdale Common

631.8 m

2,073 ftDrop 2.4 mNY 311 292

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMungrisdale Common631.8Blencathra – Hallsfell Top867.8Bannerdale Crags684.1Bowscale Fell702Great Calva691
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMungrisdale Common631.8Blencathra – Hallsfell Top867.8Bannerdale Crags684.1
Looking north, 87 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Mungrisdale Common is a Lake District fell of 631.8 m in Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 2.4 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

Only three Wainwrights have less drop. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Blencathra – Hallsfell Top at 867.8 m. It sits below Blencathra – Hallsfell Top, only 1.9 km to the south-east and 236 m higher. Its key col leads to Blencathra – Hallsfell Top, not to its nearest higher summit, Atkinson Pike. Its nearest higher summit, Atkinson Pike (845.3 m, 1.6 km south-east), is a listed top not profiled here. The key col is close by, only 0.2 km to the east at 629.3 m.

To scale

Summit631.8 mKey col629.3 msea level
Key col NY 3130 2914, 0.2 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

631.8 m144th highest of 242 in England

Drop

2.4 m1137th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.6 km893rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1867.8 m
  2. 2
    Bannerdale Crags2.4 km east
    684.1 m
  3. 3
    Bowscale Fell2.5 km north-east
    702 m
  4. 4
    Great Calva2.9 km north-west
    691 m
1234BlencathraBannerdale CragsBowscale FellGreat CalvaN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Atkinson Pike, 845.3 m, 1.6 km south-east
Region
34A: Lake District N
OS map
90
DoBIH no.
2340
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Mungrisdale Common

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