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**How big is the park?** The national park is 912 square miles (2,362 square kilometres) and taking up approximately 1 percent of the nation's total land area. **What are the highest mountains here?** 1. Scafell Pike at 978 metres (3210 feet) 2. Scafell at 964 metres (3162 feet) 3. Helvellyn at 950 metres (3114 feet) 4. Skiddaw at 931 metres(3053 feet) 5. Great End at 910 metres (2986 feet) 6. Bowfell at 902 metres (2940 feet) 7. Great Gable at 899 metres (2960 feet) 8. Pillar at 892 metres (2926 feet) 9. Nethermost Pike at 891 metres (2923 feet) 10. Catstycam (2917 feet) **How many people live in the National Park?** Just over 40,000 people live within the boundaries of the National Park. **Which lakes are the biggest?** 1. Windermere - 14.8 square kilometres 2. Ullswater - 8.9 square kilometres 3. Derwentwater - 5.5 square kilometres 4. Bassenthwaite Lake - 5.3 square kilometres 5. Coniston Water - 4.0 square kilometres 6. Haweswater - 3.9 square kilometres 7. Thirlmere - 3.3 square kilometres 8. Ennerdale Water - 3 square kilometres 9. Wastwater - 2.9 square kilometres 10. Crummock Water - 2.5 square kilometres 11. Esthwaite Water - 1 square kilometres 12. Buttermere - 0.9 square kilometres 13. Grasmere - 0.6 square kilometres 14. Loweswater - 0.6 square kilometres 15. Rydal Water - 0.3 square kilometres 16. Brotherswater - 0.2 square kilometres **What is a Tarn?** Tarn comes from the Old Norse word for "pool". Some tarns are larger than lakes, but it typically refers to a pool or small mountain lake. **How many visitors come to this park?** 16.4 million visitors a year.
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