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Peak District

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Kinder Scout (636 m/2087 ft)
Countries	United Kingdom
States/Provinces	England
Area	10,896 sq km / 4,207 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	133 km / 83 mi North-South 139 km / 86 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	53° 10' N; 1° 43' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Peak District
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Peak District.

Pennines	Level 5 (Parent)
Cheviot Hills	Level 6 (Sibling)
Northern Pennines	Level 6 (Sibling)
Central Pennines	Level 6 (Sibling)
Lancashire Pennines	Level 6 (Sibling)
Peak District	Level 6

Major Peaks of the Peak District

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range6
1.	Kinder Scout	636	2087	Peak District
2.	Bleaklow Head	633	2077	Peak District
3.	Kinder Low	633	2077	Peak District
4.	Higher Shelf Stones	621	2037	Peak District
5.	Grindslow Knoll	601	1972	Peak District
6.	Ashop Head	600	1969	Peak District
7.	Black Hill	582	1909	Peak District
8.	Brown Knoll	569	1867	Peak District
9.	Shining Tor	559	1834	Peak District
10.	Axe Edge Moor	551	1808	Peak District
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Peak District

Kinder Scout Topping out a large snow drift (2013-03-25). Photo by Mark Hyland. Click here for larger-size photo.	Shutlingsloe Shutlingsloe (2020-12-27). Photo by Anna Parsons. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Famine Mount Famine, viewed from the east (climbing away towards South Head) (2022-09-15). Photo by Mat B. Click here for larger-size photo.	High Edge High Edge, viewed from the south (2022-07-16). Photo by Mat B. Click here for larger-size photo.
Chrome Hill Chrome Hill, viewed from Parkhouse Hill (2022-07-16). Photo by Mat B. Click here for larger-size photo.	Higger Tor Higger Tor (2015-03-04). Photo by Szaniszló Uherkovich. Click here for larger-size photo.
High Wheeldon High Wheeldon (2022-07-16). Photo by Mat B. Click here for larger-size photo.	Parkhouse Hill Parkhouse Hill, viewed from Chrome Hill (2022-07-16). Photo by Mat B. Click here for larger-size photo.
The Cloud Sunrise on The Cloud (2020-11-27). Photo by Anna Parsons. Click here for larger-size photo.	Thorpe Cloud Thorpe Cloud (2019-05-11). Photo by Lukasz Macuga. Click here for larger-size photo.

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