Looking south across Derwentwater, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

            This is the view from the beach in Strandhag Bay, ~500 m from Keswick's tourist boat quay.  My knowledge of Norwegian/Icelandic is very limited (though mostly relating to topographic features!), but I think 'strandhag' is Norse: 'beach by the mound/hill', and it is indeed to the immediate south-east of Friar's Crag.

The trees at the far left are on Lord's Island, ~300 m. This was the home of the Earls of Derwentwater until the third earl was executed in 1716 for participation in the second abortive Jacobite Rising, and his estates were confiscated. The remains of the house were recycled into Keswick Moot Hall.

More obviously offshore, Rampsholme Island, ~900 m away, is Derwentwater's smallest and is named for the wild garlic (Old Norse: 'hrafns' and still 'ramsons' in English dialect) which grows there.

Shepherds Crag (~230 m) is 3.7 km from here, behind Lord's Island.

At the southern end of Derwentwater, the valley narrows at the 'Jaws of Borrowdale', defined here by King's How (392 m) 5.6 km away on Grange Fell, on the left, and Low Scawdel (itself a 521 m shoulder of High Spy) on the right. Two lower hills occupy the valley floor: Grange Crags (194 m), just distinguishable in front of Grange Fell, and Castle Crag, prominent in the middle of the valley 6½ km away despite  being only 290 m asl. 

Behind and to the right of King's How is Glaramara (783 m), 12 km from here.  I think that's Esk Pike (885 m) 15 km away to its right and obscured by cloud.

Great End (910 m) is definitely in the gap to the right of Castle Crag, 14.3 km away, then Broad Crag (934 m) and Scafell Pike (978 m; England's tallest hill) towards the right of the skyline, 15.8 km from here.

Taken in: UK / England / Allerdale District / Keswick (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 60D, f/11.0, 1/1600 sec, 79mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

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