Loweswater
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| Geographical location | Lake District , Cumbria , England | |
| Drain | Dub Beck | |
| Location close to the shore | Whitehaven , Cockermouth | |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 35 ′ 1 ″ N , 3 ° 21 ′ 25 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.2 km | |
| width | 550 m | |
| Maximum depth | 16 m | |
Loweswater is one of the smaller lakes in Northern England's Lake District National Park . It is 1.2 km long and 550 m wide, with a maximum depth of 16 m.
description
Located on the western edge of the Lake District about 12 km east of the coastal town of Whitehaven and 10 km south of Cockermouth, the lake is owned by the National Trust .
South of the lake are the mountains called Loweswater Fells with Mellbreak , Gavel Fell , Blake Fell , Hen Comb and Burnbank Fell ; to the north are Fellbarrow and Low Fell .
The name is derived from the Old Norse Lauf = leafy / wooded and saer = lake, as well as the English addition "water", with which many lakes in the Lake District are referred to, to make it clear that it is a lake because there are many traditional names had become incomprehensible.
What is unusual about Loweswater is that its Dub Beck discharge is not directed out of the Lake District, like all other lakes, but towards the center. At Church Bridge it flows into Park Beck and creates a connection to Crummock Water a little south of its outflow, the River Cocker, at the northern end of the lake.
Loweswater is more on the edge of the areas frequented by tourists, which is not least due to the less spectacular surroundings with only lower hills, in contrast to the mountainous and therefore more "attractive" areas of the neighboring lakes Buttermere and Crummock Water.
See also
Remarks
- ↑ Lake District Place Names , Robert Gambles, Dalesman Books, Clapham 1985
literature
- West Cumbria, Cockermouth & Wast Water (= Landranger Map . Band 89 ). Ordnance Survey , Southampton 2011, ISBN 978-0-319-23205-7 .
