Llyn Ogwen
Llyn Ogwen is a ribbon lake in north-west Wales. It lies alongside the A5 road between two mountain ranges of Snowdonia, the Carneddau and the Glyderau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Tryfan and Llyn Bochlwyd.
Tryfan
Peak
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Tryfan is a mountain in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia, Wales. It forms part of the Glyderau group, and is one of the most recognisable peaks in Britain, having a classic pointed shape with rugged crags.
Llyn Bochlwyd
Lake
Photo: Paul Marsh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llyn Bochlwyd is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, in Conwy County Borough. It lies in Cwm Bochlwyd, near Llyn Ogwen in the Glyderau mountain range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Idwal and Nant Peris.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
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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.
Nant Peris
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nant Peris is a village, which is situated 3½ miles southwest of Llyn Ogwen.
Capel Curig
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capel Curig is a village in the county borough of Conwy, popular with climbers and hillwalkers due to its location in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park.
Llyn Ogwen
- Type: Body of water
- Description: reservoir in the United Kingdom
- Category: reservoir
- Location: Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.12442° or 53° 7′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.00726° or 4° 0′ 26″ westElevation
981 feet (299 metres)Open location code
9C5Q4XFV+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
way 15223999OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Llyn Ogwen” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Cebuano: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Chinese: “奥格温湖”
- French: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Galician: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Japanese: “オグウェン湖”
- Lithuanian: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Lithuanian: “Ogveno ežeras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Swedish: “Llyn Ogwen”
- Welsh: “Llyn Ogwen”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Llyn Ogwen”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.