Snowdonia
Snowdonia, or Eryri, is a mountainous region and national park in North Wales. It contains all 15 mountains in Wales over 3000 feet high, including the country's highest, Snowdon, which is 1,085 metres tall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: mountainous area in Wales
- Also known as: “Eryri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clogwyn railway station and Snowdon.
Clogwyn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clogwyn is an intermediate station on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It is located on an exposed ridge overlooking the Llanberis Pass and Clogwyn Du'r Arddu cliffs, a popular climbing spot.
Snowdon
Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. It has an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
Rocky Valley Halt railway station
Railway station
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rocky Valley Halt is an intermediate station on the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It consists of a narrow platform sheltered by the rocky outcrop of Llechog to the east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nant Peris and Rhyd Ddu.
Rhyd Ddu
Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between Beddgelert and Caernarfon, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain. Cwm Idwal is situated 3 miles northeast of Snowdonia.
Snowdonia
- Categories: massif, Site of Special Scientific Interest, and mountain range
- Location: Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Snowdonia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سنودونيا”
- Armenian: “Էրիրի”
- Balinese: “Eryri”
- Balinese: “Snowdonia”
- Basque: “Eryri”
- Basque: “Snowdonia”
- Bengali: “স্নোডোনিয়া”
- Breton: “Eryri”
- Breton: “Snowdonia”
- Bulgarian: “Сноудония”
- Catalan: “Eryri”
- Catalan: “Snowdonia”
- Cebuano: “Eryri”
- Cebuano: “Snowdonia”
- Chinese: “史諾多尼亞”
- Cornish: “Eryri”
- Cornish: “Park Kenedhlek Eryri”
- Czech: “Eryri”
- Czech: “Snowdonia”
- Danish: “Eryri”
- Dutch: “Eryri”
- Dutch: “Snowdonia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سنودونيا”
- Esperanto: “Eryri”
- Esperanto: “Snowdonia”
- Finnish: “Eryri”
- Finnish: “Snowdonia”
- French: “Eryri”
- French: “Snowdonia”
- Galician: “Eryri”
- German: “Eryri”
- German: “Snowdonia”
- Hebrew: “Eryri”
- Hebrew: “Snowdonia”
- Hebrew: “סנודוניה”
- Icelandic: “Eryri-þjóðgarðurinn”
- Icelandic: “Snowdonia-þjóðgarðurinn”
- Indonesian: “Eryri”
- Irish: “Eryri”
- Irish: “Snowdonia”
- Italian: “Eryri”
- Italian: “Snowdonia”
- Japanese: “エレリ”
- Japanese: “スノードニア”
- Japanese: “スノードニア国立公園”
- Japanese: “スノウドニア”
- Japanese: “スノウドニア国立公園”
- Korean: “스노도니아”
- Ladin: “Snowdonia”
- Latin: “Eryri”
- Latin: “Montes Niviseri”
- Latin: “Nivicollini”
- Latin: “Snowdonia”
- Latin: “Venetae Alpes”
- Latvian: “Snoudonijas nacionālais parks”
- Lithuanian: “Snoudonija”
- Macedonian: “Сноудонија”
- Northern Sami: “Eryri”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eryri”
- Norwegian: “Snowdonia”
- Persian: “اسنودونیا”
- Polish: “Eryri”
- Polish: “Snowdonia”
- Portuguese: “Eryri”
- Portuguese: “Snowdonia”
- Romanian: “Eryri”
- Russian: “Сноудония”
- Russian: “Эрири”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eryri”
- Slovak: “Eryri”
- Slovak: “Snowdonia”
- Slovenian: “Eryri”
- Slovenian: “Snowdonia”
- Spanish: “Eryri”
- Spanish: “Snowdonia”
- Swedish: “Eryri”
- Turkish: “Eryri”
- Turkish: “Snowdonia”
- Ukrainian: “Сноудонія”
- Venetian: “Eryri”
- Vietnamese: “Eryri”
- Vietnamese: “Snowdonia”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Eryri”
- Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Snowdonia”
- Welsh: “Eiryri”
- Welsh: “Eryri”
- Western Panjabi: “سنوڈونیا”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gwastadnant and Llanberis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Llechog and Clogwyn Du’r Arddu.
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