Yes Tor

Yes Tor /ˈjɛs/ is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres (2,031 ft) above sea level. It is one of only two wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other being nearby High Willhays—that are above 2,000 feet (610 m).

Yes Tor
Yes Tor
Highest point
Elevation619 m (2,031 ft)
Prominence24 m (79 ft)[1]
ListingNuttall
Coordinates50°41′35″N 4°00′43″W
Geography
Yes Tor
Yes Tor in Devon
LocationDartmoor, England
OS gridSX580901
Topo mapOS Landranger 191

It lies within a British Army firing range and safe access is only possible on days or nights when firing is not taking place. See the current Dartmoor Firing Notice.[2]

Yes Tor is 2 metres (7 feet) lower than the nearby High Willhays.

A notable mine is located in the area.

In literature

In his memoir Father and Son (1907), Edmund Gosse views Yes Tor, near which he lived when a boy, as an unthreatening and unprepossessing hill: "Alas! We might as well have attempted to rouse the summit of Yes Tor into volcanic action."

US science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson makes an oblique reference to Yes Tor in his novel 2312, commingled with a variety of then-historical musical contextual clues.

Yes Tor was the original inspiration for the name of the Yes album Tormato and a picture of the Tor features on the album cover.

References

Media related to Yes Tor at Wikimedia Commons


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