Slight Side
Mountain in the English Lake District, Cumbria, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slight Side is a fell in the English Lake District it stands 25 kilometres (16 miles) east southeast of the town of Whitehaven and reaches a height of 762 metres (2,499 ft). Slight Side lies at the south western edge of the Scafell Massif, a four-kilometre-long (2+1⁄2 mi) crescent of high ground which includes the highest ground in England. The fells names derives from the Old Norse language and means "The mountain shieling with the level pastures", it is a combination of the Norse words "sletta" and "saetr". With a shieling meaning a shepherds hut or a mountain pasture used in the summer.
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Slight Side | |
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Slight Side (left of picture) seen from the south-east. | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
Prominence | 14 m (46 ft) |
Parent peak | Sca Fell |
Listing | Wainwright |
Coordinates | 54°26′03″N 3°13′15″W |
Geography | |
Location | Cumbria, England |
Parent range | Lake District, Southern Fells |
OS grid | NY209050 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 89 OS Explorer OL6 |
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