Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Nab Scar

450 m

1,476 ftDrop 2 mNY 355 072

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmNab Scar450Heron Pike (Rydal)612Low Pike508Stone Arthur504Loughrigg Fell335.1
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmNab Scar450Heron Pike (Rydal)612Low Pike508
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Nab Scar is a Lake District fell of 450 m in Westmorland and Furness. It barely stands apart: the summit is only 2 m above the col joining it to higher ground.

Only two Wainwrights have less drop. It sits below Heron Pike (Rydal), only 1.1 km to the north and 162 m higher. Its key col leads to Fairfield, not to its nearest higher summit, Heron Pike (Rydal). It is 201 m below the average height of the 103 register hills in Westmorland and Furness. The database describes the top as a large cairn beyond wall.

To scale

Summit450 mKey col448 msea level
Key col NY 355 072.

Where it stands

Height

450 m218th highest of 242 in England

Drop

2 m1138th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.1 km1023rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Heron Pike (Rydal)1.1 km north
    612 m
  2. 2
    Low Pike1.9 km east
    508 m
  3. 3
    Stone Arthur2.1 km north
    504 m
  4. 4
    Loughrigg Fell2.3 km south
    335.1 m
1234Heron PikeLow PikeStone ArthurLoughrigg FellN1 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Heron Pike (Rydal), 612 m, 1.1 km north
Parent Marilyn
Fairfield
Region
34C: Lake District E
OS map
90
Summit
Large cairn beyond wall
DoBIH no.
2611
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Nab Scar

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