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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6l_b%C3%B6lg%C9%99si" title="Göl bölgəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Göl bölgəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezern%C3%AD_oblast" title="Jezerní oblast – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jezerní oblast" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardal_y_Llynnoedd,_Lloegr" title="Ardal y Llynnoedd, Lloegr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ardal y Llynnoedd, Lloegr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_nacional_del_Distrito_de_los_Lagos" title="Parque nacional del Distrito de los Lagos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Parque nacional del Distrito de los Lagos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laga_Distrikto" title="Laga Distrikto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Laga Distrikto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA" title="لیک دیستریکت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیک دیستریکت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrekrite_(Ingel%C3%A2n)" title="Marrekrite (Ingelân) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Marrekrite (Ingelân)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_dos_Lagos" title="Distrito dos Lagos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Distrito dos Lagos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC%EB%94%94%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AD%ED%8A%B8" title="레이크디스트릭트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레이크디스트릭트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B3%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD_(%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AE_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1)" title="Լճային երկրամաս (Մեծ Բրիտանիա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լճային երկրամաս (Մեծ Բրիտանիա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="लेक डिस्ट्रिक्ट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लेक डिस्ट्रिक्ट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D" title="אזור האגמים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אזור האגמים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94_(%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98)" title="ტბების მხარე (დიდი ბრიტანეთი) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტბების მხარე (დიდი ბრიტანეთი)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow_an_Lynnyn" title="Pow an Lynnyn – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Pow an Lynnyn" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leikdistrikta_nacion%C4%81lais_parks" title="Leikdistrikta nacionālais parks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Leikdistrikta nacionālais parks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C5%BEer%C5%B3_kra%C5%A1tas" title="Ežerų kraštas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ežerų kraštas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA" title="ليك ديستريكت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليك ديستريكت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationaal_park_Lake_District" title="Nationaal park Lake District – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nationaal park Lake District" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%96%E6%B0%B4%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9" title="湖水地方 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="湖水地方" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%B9" title="لیک ڈسٹرکٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لیک ڈسٹرکٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B7%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9" title="Озёрный край – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Озёрный край" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englannin_j%C3%A4rviseutu" title="Englannin järviseutu – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Englannin järviseutu" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8F%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="ஏரி மாவட்டம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஏரி மாவட்டம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C" title="เลกดิสตริกต์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="เลกดิสตริกต์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lake District" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9_(%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Озерний край (Велика Британія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Озерний край (Велика Британія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lakeland_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lakeland_View.jpg/220px-Lakeland_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lakeland_View.jpg/330px-Lakeland_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Lakeland_View.jpg/440px-Lakeland_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The panorama across Eskdale from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ill_Crag&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ill Crag (not yet started)">Ill Crag</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harter_Fell_(Eskdale)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harter Fell (Eskdale) (not yet started)">Harter Fell</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hard_Knott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hard Knott (not yet started)">Hard Knott</a> can be seen, also a small <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarn_(lake)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarn (lake) (not yet started)">tarn</a>.</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_District_Map.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lake_District_Map.PNG/220px-Lake_District_Map.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lake_District_Map.PNG/330px-Lake_District_Map.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lake_District_Map.PNG/440px-Lake_District_Map.PNG 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption>The location of the Lake District, shown in white, within <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">Northern England</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg/220px-Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg/330px-Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg/440px-Cat_Bells_and_Friars_Crag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="1425" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">The <a href="/wiki/Catbells" title="Catbells">Catbells</a> near the tourist town of Keswick</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Lake District</b>, also known as <b>The Lakes</b> or <b>Lakeland</b>, is a rural area in north west England. It is a popular vacation area, famous for its lakes and its mountains and its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of <a href="/wiki/William_Wordsworth" title="William Wordsworth">William Wordsworth</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_Poets&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lake Poets (not yet started)">Lake Poets</a>. </p><p>It is on a tentative list of <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: History"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lake District National Park (created in 1951) is one of the fifteen <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National parks of the United Kingdom (not yet started)">National parks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Geography" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Geography"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lake District is about 34 miles (55 km) across (north-to-south or west-to-east). It is entirely within <a href="/wiki/Cumbria" title="Cumbria">Cumbria</a>, and is one of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>'s few <a href="/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountainous</a> regions. All the land in England higher than three thousand <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit_of_length)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot (unit of length)">feet</a> above sea level is in the Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="25_highest_fells">25 highest fells</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: 25 highest fells" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: 25 highest fells"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 25 highest fells (of those given an individual chapter in the <i>Pictorial Guides</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Wainwright&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfred Wainwright (not yet started)">Alfred Wainwright</a>) are: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Scafell_Pike" title="Scafell Pike">Scafell Pike</a>, 978 m / 3210 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scafell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scafell (not yet started)">Scafell</a>, 965 m / 3162 ft</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helvellyn" title="Helvellyn">Helvellyn</a>, 951 m / 3118 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skiddaw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skiddaw (not yet started)">Skiddaw</a>, 931 m / 3054 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_End&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great End (not yet started)">Great End</a>, 910 m / 2986 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bowfell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bowfell (not yet started)">Bowfell</a>, 902 m / 2960 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Gable&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great Gable (not yet started)">Great Gable</a>, 899 m / 2949 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pillar_(Lake_District)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pillar (Lake District) (not yet started)">Pillar</a>, 892 m / 2926 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nethermost_Pike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nethermost Pike (not yet started)">Nethermost Pike</a>, 891 m / 2923 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catstycam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catstycam (not yet started)">Catstycam</a>, 889 m / 2917 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esk_Pike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Esk Pike (not yet started)">Esk Pike</a>, 885 m / 2903 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Raise_(Lake_District)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raise (Lake District) (not yet started)">Raise (Lake District)</a>, 883 m / 2896 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fairfield_(Lake_District)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fairfield (Lake District) (not yet started)">Fairfield</a>, 873 m / 2863 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blencathra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blencathra (not yet started)">Blencathra</a>, 868 m / 2847 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skiddaw_Little_Man&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skiddaw Little Man (not yet started)">Skiddaw Little Man</a>, 865 m / 2837 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=White_Side&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="White Side (not yet started)">White Side</a>, 863 m / 2831 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crinkle_Crags&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crinkle Crags (not yet started)">Crinkle Crags</a>, 859 m / 2818 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dollywaggon_Pike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dollywaggon Pike (not yet started)">Dollywaggon Pike</a>, 858 m / 2815 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Dodd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Great Dodd (not yet started)">Great Dodd</a>, 857 m / 2807 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grasmoor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grasmoor (not yet started)">Grasmoor</a>, 852 m / 2795 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stybarrow_Dodd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stybarrow Dodd (not yet started)">Stybarrow Dodd</a>, 843 m / 2772 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_Sunday_Crag&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St Sunday Crag (not yet started)">St Sunday Crag</a>, 841 m / 2759 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scoat_Fell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scoat Fell (not yet started)">Scoat Fell</a>, 841 m / 2759 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crag_Hill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crag Hill (not yet started)">Crag Hill</a>, 839 m / 2753 ft</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Street_(Lake_District)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Street (Lake District) (not yet started)">High Street</a>, 828 m / 2717 ft</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lakes">Lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Lakes" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Lakes"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG/220px-Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG/330px-Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG/440px-Lake_District_view_of_Boats_and_Hills.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Boats on Ullswater</figcaption></figure> <p>Only one lake in the National Park has the word 'Lake' in its name, namely <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassenthwaite_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bassenthwaite Lake (not yet started)">Bassenthwaite Lake</a>. All the others such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Windermere_(lake)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Windermere (lake) (not yet started)">Windermere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coniston_Water" title="Coniston Water">Coniston Water</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ullswater" title="Ullswater">Ullswater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buttermere" title="Buttermere">Buttermere</a> use other forms, such as 'mere' and 'water'. The major lakes and reservoirs in the park are given below. </p><p>The word 'tarn' is a local word used to describe any small lake that may otherwise be called a <a href="/wiki/Pond" title="Pond">pond</a>. </p> <table style="background:transparent;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td style="width:15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bassenthwaite_Lake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bassenthwaite Lake (not yet started)">Bassenthwaite Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brotherswater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brotherswater (not yet started)">Brotherswater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buttermere" title="Buttermere">Buttermere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coniston_Water" title="Coniston Water">Coniston Water</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Crummock_Water&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crummock Water (not yet started)">Crummock Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwent_Water" title="Derwent Water">Derwent Water</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devoke_Water&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Devoke Water (not yet started)">Devoke Water</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elter_Water&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elter Water (not yet started)">Elter Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennerdale_Water" title="Ennerdale Water">Ennerdale Water</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Esthwaite_Water&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Esthwaite Water (not yet started)">Esthwaite Water</a></li></ul></td> <td style="width:1.25em;"></td> <td style="width:15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grasmere_(lake)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grasmere (lake) (not yet started)">Grasmere</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Haweswater_Reservoir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haweswater Reservoir (not yet started)">Haweswater Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayeswater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayeswater (not yet started)">Hayeswater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loweswater" title="Loweswater">Loweswater</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rydal_Water&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rydal Water (not yet started)">Rydal Water</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirlmere&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thirlmere (not yet started)">Thirlmere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ullswater" title="Ullswater">Ullswater</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wast_Water&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wast Water (not yet started)">Wast Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windermere" title="Windermere">Windermere</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: Nomenclature" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lake_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Nomenclature"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of words/phrases are local to the Lake District and are part of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cumbrian_dialect&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cumbrian dialect (not yet started)">Cumbrian dialect</a>. 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