Buttermere (lake)

Buttermere
	Map of the lake (1925)
Geographical location	Lake District , Cumbria , England
Tributaries	Warnscale Beck , Gatesgarthdale Beck , Sour Milk Gill , Comb Beck
Drain	Buttermere Dubs → Crummock Water → Cocker
Places on the shore	Buttermere
Location close to the shore	Cockermouth
	Data
Coordinates	54 ° 31 '51 " N , 3 ° 15' 53" W Coordinates: 54 ° 31 '51 " N , 3 ° 15' 53" W
Altitude above sea level	110 m ASL
length	2 km
width	400 m
Maximum depth	23 m
particularities	Site of Special Scientific Interest

Buttermere is a lake in the English county of Cumbria . It is located in the northwest of the Lake District at an altitude of 100 m. The lake is 2 km long, 400 m wide and up to 23 m deep. It was created by the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the Vistula Ice Age .

description

Buttermere, behind the Fleetwith Pike

The lake is considered to be scenic; it is located at the upper end of the trough valley of the River Cocker , which is also known as Buttermere, it is surrounded on both sides by towering hills ( called fells in the local dialect ). Worth mentioning are the High Stile (807 m) in the southeast, Robinson (737 m) in the south, Fleetwith Pike (648 m) and Haystacks (597 m) in the northeast and Grasmoor (852 m) in the northwest.

At the north-western end of the lake is the place of the same name , about one kilometer further down the valley Crummock Water , another lake whose connection to Buttermere Lake is called Buttermere Dubs . A 7.2 km long hiking trail leads around Buttermere, which leads through a short tunnel carved into the rock on the east bank. The lake can be reached by road either from Cockermouth to the northwest or from Borrowdale to the southeast and across Newlands Pass from Keswick .

Buttermere is owned by the National Trust . His property Buttermere and Ennerdale also includes the lakes Crummock Water and Loweswater, seven farms and access to Ennerdale Water in the neighboring valley to the south.

The lake has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1983 . With its flora and fauna, it is a good example of the nutrient-poor lakes of the Lake District.