Wast Water

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Wast Water is a deep, glacial lake in England’s Lake District, renowned for its dramatic surrounding peaks and remote, rugged scenery.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wast Water canonical 9
Wastwater 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lake
lake
adjacentTo Wasdale Head
basinCountry England
United Kingdom
country England
drainageBasin River Irt catchment
formedBy glacial erosion
hasAccessRoad Wasdale road from Gosforth
hasDesignation within a National Park
hasFeature Wastwater Screes
hasNearbySettlement Nether Wasdale
Wasdale Head
hasReputation one of the most dramatic landscapes in the Lake District
hasViewpoint Wastwater lake shore road
knownFor dramatic mountain scenery
remote and rugged landscape
steep scree slopes on its southern shore
length about 3 mi
about 4.8 km
locatedIn Cumbria
Lake District
locatedInNationalPark Lake District
surface form: Lake District National Park
locatedInValley Wasdale
maximumDepth 258 ft
79 m
nameVariant Wast Water self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wastwater
outflow River Irt
overlookedBy Great Gable
Illgill Head
Kirk Fell
Lingmell
Scafell
Scafell Pike
Whin Rigg
Yewbarrow
partOf Western Fells of the Lake District
region North West England
surfaceArea about 1.08 km²
surfaceElevation about 200 ft
about 60 m
usedFor hiking access
recreation
scenic tourism
voted Britain’s Favourite View 2007
waterType freshwater
width about 600 m

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scafell Pike hasViewOf Wast Water
Cumbrian Mountains overlooks Wast Water
Wast Water nameVariant Wast Water self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wastwater
Wasdale hasNotableFeature Wast Water
Wasdale contains Wast Water
Wasdale Head near Wast Water
Scafell viewOver Wast Water
Great Gable drainageTo Wast Water
Great Gable nearestLake Wast Water
Eskdale locatedNear Wast Water
Simon Stephens notableWork Wast Water
this entity surface form: Wastwater