Angletarn Pikes [Angletarn Pikes North Top]
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 566m
WainwrightBirkett
Old NorseSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Angletarn Pikes refers to peaks near Angletarn. 'Tarn' is a Norse word for a mountain lake, and 'pikes' are peaks.
Word origins
- Angletarn
- UnknownAngle tarn
- Pikes
- Old EnglishAttestedpeaks(from pīc "peak, point")
- Tarn
- Old Norsemountain lake(from tjörn "small lake, tarn")