Summit Register

Lake District fell · Westmorland and Furness, England

Thunacar Knott

723 m

2,372 ftDrop 28 mNY 279 079

Finder: 94 Wainwrights in Westmorland and Furness

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmThunacar Knott723Pavey Ark701.6Harrison Stickle735.3Pike of Stickle708.4Loft Crag681.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmThunacar Knott723Pavey Ark701.6Harrison Stickle735.3
Looking north, 86 km wide, heights ×24 (method).

Thunacar Knott is a Lake District fell of 723 m in Westmorland and Furness. It rises only 28 m above its key col, 3.9% of its height.

Its key col leads to High Raise, not to its nearest higher summit, Harrison Stickle. It shares its height of 723 m with Ullscarf. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Ullscarf (723 m) and Froswick (720 m). Pavey Ark stands only 0.5 km to the east. The key col is close by, only 0.2 km to the south-east at 695 m. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 89 and 90.

To scale

Summit723 mKey col695 msea level
Key col NY 280 077, 0.2 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

723 m82nd highest of 242 in England

Drop

28 m1089th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

0.6 km1116th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Pavey Ark0.5 km east
    701.6 m
  2. 2
    Harrison Stickle0.6 km south
    735.3 m
  3. 3
    Pike of Stickle0.9 km south-west
    708.4 m
  4. 4
    Loft Crag0.9 km south
    681.7 m
1234Pavey ArkLoft CragN1 km

Lists

  • 76th highest of 214 Wainwrights
  • 105th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Harrison Stickle, 735.3 m, 0.6 km south
Parent Marilyn
High Raise
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89, 90
Summit
Rock 3m NNE of cairn
DoBIH no.
2413
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Thunacar Knott

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