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Scafell Pike: terrain elevation and local relief
Scafell Pike uses an approximately 974-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 914 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 974 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Lake District · summit and bounded surrounding fells
- In feet, rounded
- 3,195.6 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 974.0 m at 54.454167°, -3.211667°.
- Local base
- 60.5 m at 54.455278°, -3.268333°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West -3.296458°, east -3.126875°; south 54.422917°, north 54.485694°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 27.0 m east-west and 30.9 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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A little more perspective
The National Trust lists Scafell Pike at 978 meters. This Copernicus section reaches approximately 974 meters in EGM2008 near its summit coordinate. Scafell is a neighboring fell with a separate identity; the selected maximum belongs to Scafell Pike’s summit area. The section’s lowest sample is simply the base for the local-relief view, not a recommended walking start or the total climb of a route.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 60.5 meters at 54.455278° latitude, -3.268333° longitude. This produces about 914 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Scafell Pike uses an approximately 974-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 914 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- National Trust: climbing Scafell Pike
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
The 978-meter National Trust reference remains separate from the approximately 974-meter surface estimate. Scafell Pike and neighboring Scafell are not interchangeable names.
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