Buckbarrow
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This article is about the fell in the western Lake District. For the summit "Buck Barrow" in the south-western Lake District, see Whitfell.
Buckbarrow is a small fell in the English Lake District overlooking the western end of Wastwater. It is featured in Alfred Wainwright’s Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells and is given a height of 1,410 ft approximately; however, the Ordnance Survey and other guidebooks now give an altitude of 423 m (1,388 ft). The fell’s name means ‘The hill of the buck or goat’. It is derived either from the Old English word bucc meaning buck or the Old Norse word bokki meaning a male goat.
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Buckbarrow | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 423 m (1,388 ft) |
Prominence | less than 5 m |
Parent peak | Seatallan |
Listing | Wainwright |
Coordinates | 54°26′31″N 3°20′07″W |
Geography | |
Location | Cumbria, England |
Parent range | Lake District, Western Fells |
OS grid | NY135061 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 89, OS Explorer OL6 |
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