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==Geography and administration== Coniston Water is situated within [[Furness]], part of the [[North Lonsdale]] [[exclave]] of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]]. It has been within the ceremonial county of Cumbria since 1974, and the Westmorland and Furness district since it replaced [[South Lakeland]] in 2023. The lake is an example of a ribbon lake formed by [[glaciation]]. The lake sits in a deep U-shaped [[glaciated valley]] scoured by a [[glacier]] in the surrounding volcanic and limestone rocks during the last [[ice age]]. To the north-west of the lake rises the [[Old Man of Coniston]], the highest fell in the [[Coniston Fells]] group and the highest point in the historic county of Lancashire.
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