Great Whernside photograph

Great Whernside

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Elevation 704
Prominence288 m
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Parent peak Whernside
ListingList of Marilyns in the British Isles
Hewitt
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About Great Whernside


Great Whernside is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England, not to be confused with Whernside, some 17 miles to the west. Its summit is the highest point of the eastern flank of Wharfedale above Kettlewell.

The triangulation points associated with the United Kingdom

Feb 16,2020 6:48 am

In 1936, the Ordnance Survey began to construct a concrete triangulation pillars, or trig points, to help for an accurate measurement and mapping application of the principles of trigonometry. By 1962, More Than 6000 had been built. And Stephen McCoy and Stephanie Wynne are trying to photograph, the 310 primary pillars are Still Standing .

Black Combe, Cumbria, 600 m (2,000 ft), Cadair Berwyn , Powys, 827m Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, 210m

The columns were erected, in positions where at least two other points might be seen to have the form of triangles for an accurate measurement.

McCoy and Wynne work includes a large 360-degree panoramic photos made by the camera, the triangulation pillar, next to a picture of the column itself.

Criffel , Dumfries and Galloway, 569m Garnedd Ugain , Gwynned, 1065m Great Whernside , North Yorkshire , 704m Martinsell Hill, Wiltshire, 289m Rottington, Cumbria, 141m, up Snaefell wear, Isle of Man, 621m The Stiperstones, Shropshire, 536 Upton Beacon, Derbyshire, 538 Winter Hill , Lancashire, 456m Wyck Beacon, Gloucestershire, 250m Yr Eifl , Gwynned, 564m

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Source of news: bbc.com

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