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Great How
Great Howe Summit Cairn. - geograph.org.uk - 246616.jpg
Summit cairn looking NW towards Yewbarrow
Highest point
Elevation 522 m (1,713 ft)
Prominence 52 m (171 ft)
Parent peak Scafell Pike
Listing Dodd, Dewey, Birkett, Synge, Fellranger
Geography
Great How is located in Lake District
Great How
Great How
Location in Lake District
OS grid NY187048
Topo map OS Outdoor Leisure 6

Great How or Great Howe is a hill of 522 metres (1,713 ft) in the north west of the Lake District, England, lying south of Scafell Pike and east of Burnmoor Tarn. It lies in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria.

It is classed as a Fellranger, being described by Richards in the Wasdale volume of his book series. It is among the 21 such summits (originally 18 before the extension of the Lake District) which are not included in Wainwright's list of 214. It is also classed as a Dodd, Dewey, Birkett and Synge.

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