Snowdon
Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. With an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Wales, and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,560 feet
- Description: highest mountain in Wales
- Also known as: “An tuaim”, “Mount Snowdon”, “Ouezva”, “Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa”, “The Wyddfa”, “Wyddfa”, “Ир-Уитва”, “أروذبة”, “أَرْوِذْبَة”, “اروذبہ”, “سَنَودن”, “سَنَوْدَنُ”, “어르우이드바”, and “史諾登山”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Summit railway station and Garnedd Ugain.
Glaslyn
Lake
Photo: Zaphod Beeblebrox, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nant Peris and Rhyd Ddu.
Snowdon
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.06849° or 53° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.07623° or 4° 4′ 34″ west
Elevation
3,560 feet (1,085 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q3W9F+9G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Snowdon” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Arabic: “جبل سنودن”
- Arabic: “سنودن”
- Arabic: “سنودون”
- Armenian: “Սնոուդոն”
- Basque: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Breton: “Ar Gouezva”
- Breton: “Gouezva”
- Cebuano: “Snowdon”
- Chinese: “史諾頓山”
- Chinese: “斯諾登山”
- Chinese: “斯诺登山”
- Cornish: “An Wodhva”
- Czech: “Snowdon”
- Danish: “Snowdon”
- Danish: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Dutch: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سنودون”
- Esperanto: “Snowdon”
- Esperanto: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Estonian: “Snowdon”
- Finnish: “Snowdon”
- French: “Mont Snowdon”
- German: “Snowdon”
- Hebrew: “סנודון”
- Icelandic: “Snowdon”
- Indonesian: “Snowdon”
- Indonesian: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Irish: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Italian: “Snowdon”
- Japanese: “スノードン山”
- Javanese: “Snowdon”
- Javanese: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Korean: “스노든 산”
- Korean: “스노든산”
- Ladin: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Latvian: “Snoudons”
- Lithuanian: “Snoudonas”
- Livvi: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Low German: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Macedonian: “Сноудон”
- Minangkabau: “Gunuang Snowdon”
- Moroccan Arabic: “سنوودون”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snowdon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Snowdon”
- Norwegian: “Snowdon”
- Persian: “اسنودن”
- Persian: “اسنودون”
- Picard: “Snowdon”
- Polish: “Snowdon”
- Polish: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Portuguese: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Russian: “Сноудон”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Serbian: “Сноудон”
- Slovak: “Snowdon”
- Slovenian: “Snowdon”
- Spanish: “Snowdon”
- Sundanese: “Gunung Snowdon”
- Swahili: “Snowdon”
- Swedish: “Snowdon”
- Swedish: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Turkish: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Ukrainian: “Сноудон”
- Urdu: “سنودن”
- Venetian: “Snowdon”
- Walloon: “Snowdon”
- Welsh: “Yr Wyddfa”
- Western Frisian: “Snowdon”
- Western Panjabi: “سنوڈن”
- “Yr Wyddfa”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Cwm Clogwyn and Cwm Tregalan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hafod Eryri Summit Visitor Centre and Bwlch y Saethau.
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