Elter Water
Lake in Cumbria, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elter Water is a small lake in the Lake District in North West England, half a mile southeast of the village of the same name. It has a length of 0.62 miles (1.00 km), maximum width of approximately 0.24 miles (0.39 km), a maximum depth of 7 metres (7.7 yd), and an area of 0.16 square kilometres (0.062 sq mi). Its outflow is the River Brathay, which flows south to join Windermere near Ambleside.[1] Windermere is itself drained by the River Leven, which flows into Morecambe Bay. The lake is in the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.
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Location | Lake District, Cumbria |
Coordinates | 54.427469°N 3.025875°W / 54.427469; -3.025875 |
Type | Tarn |
Primary inflows | River Brathay, Langdale Beck |
Primary outflows | River Brathay |
Basin countries | United Kingdom |
Max. length | 1,030 yd (940 m) |
Max. width | 350 yd (320 m) |
Surface area | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
Max. depth | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Shore length1 | 2.9 km (1.8 mi) |
Surface elevation | 187 ft (57 m) |
Islands | 2 |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Elter Water forms part of the boundary between the historic counties of Lancashire and Westmorland, and is the northernmost point of the former.