Summit Register

Lake District fell · Cumberland, England

Whin Rigg (Wasdale)

537 m

1,762 ftDrop 59 mNY 151 035

Finder: 111 Wainwrights in Cumberland

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmWhin Rigg (Wasdale)537Illgill Head608.8Buckbarrow423Middle Fell582Seatallan693
sea level2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmWhin Rigg (Wasdale)537Illgill Head608.8Buckbarrow423
Looking north, 148 km wide, heights ×46 (method).

Whin Rigg (Wasdale) is a Lake District fell of 537 m in Cumberland. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group.

It shares its height of 537 m with Calf Crag. On the Wainwrights height ladder it sits between Lank Rigg (541 m) and Calf Crag (537 m). Its nearest higher summit, Illgill Head, is also the hill its key col leads to.

To scale

Summit537 mKey col478 msea level
Key col NY 157 040, 0.8 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

537 m182nd highest of 242 in England

Drop

59 m1032nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.3 km713th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Illgill Head2.3 km north-east
    608.8 m
  2. 2
    Buckbarrow3.0 km north-west
    423 m
  3. 3
    Middle Fell3.7 km north
    582 m
  4. 4
    Seatallan5.0 km north
    693 m
1234Illgill HeadBuckbarrowMiddle FellSeatallanN2 km

Lists

Record

Nearest higher
Illgill Head, 608.8 m, 2.3 km north-east
Parent Marilyn
Illgill Head
Region
34B: Lake District C&W
OS map
89
Summit
Wainwright/Birkett cairn
DoBIH no.
2473
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Whin Rigg (Wasdale)

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