Menai Strait
The Menai Strait is a strait which separates the island of Anglesey from Gwynedd, on the mainland of Wales. It is situated between Caernarfon Bay in the south-west and Conwy Bay in the north-east, which are both inlets of the Irish Sea.
- Strait
- …lies at an elevation of 131 feet (40 metres)
- Description: strait in the Wales, between Anglesey and Gwynedd
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plas Newydd and Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb.
Plas Newydd
Plas Newydd is a country house set in gardens…Bryn Celli Ddu Chambered Tomb
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vaynol and Llanedwen.
Llanedwen
Hamlet
Menai Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
53.19995° or 53° 11′ 60″ north
Longitude
-4.21195° or 4° 12′ 43″ west
Open location code
9C5Q5QXQ+X6
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Wu Chinese—“Menai Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Menay boğazı”
- Basque: “Menai itsasartea”
- Basque: “Menai Strait”
- Breton: “Afon Menai”
- Breton: “Menai”
- Breton: “Strizh-mor ar Menai”
- Breton: “Strizh-mor Menai”
- Catalan: “Afon Menai”
- Catalan: “Estret de Menai”
- Catalan: “Menai Strait”
- Cebuano: “Menai Strait”
- Chinese: “梅奈海峡”
- Chinese: “梅奈海峽”
- Chinese: “麦奈海峡”
- Czech: “Úžina Menai”
- Danish: “Menaistrædet”
- Dutch: “Menai Straat”
- Dutch: “Menaistraat”
- Esperanto: “Markolo Menai”
- Estonian: “Afon Menai”
- Estonian: “Menai Straits”
- French: “Détroit de Menai”
- French: “Menai”
- French: “Menaï”
- French: “Ménai”
- French: “Ménaï”
- German: “Menai Strait”
- German: “Menai-Straße”
- German: “Menaistrasse”
- German: “Menaistraße”
- Hebrew: “מצר מנאי”
- Hungarian: “Menai-szoros”
- Indonesian: “Selat Menai”
- Italian: “Stretto di Menai”
- Japanese: “メナイ海峡”
- Korean: “메나이 해협”
- Latin: “Fretum Menai”
- Latin: “Fretum Menaiense”
- Latvian: “Menai šaurums”
- Manx: “Keyllys Menai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Menaistredet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Menaisundet”
- Polish: “Menai Strait”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Menai”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de menal”
- Portuguese: “Menai”
- Russian: “Менаи”
- Russian: “Менай”
- Russian: “Меней”
- Russian: “Менэй”
- Slovenian: “Menai”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Menai”
- Swedish: “Afon Menai”
- Swedish: “Menai Strait”
- Swedish: “Menaisundet”
- Ukrainian: “Менай”
- Welsh: “Afon Menai”
- Welsh: “Culfor Menai”
- Welsh: “Y Fenai”
- Wu Chinese: “梅奈海峡”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glan Faynol and Aber Pwll.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plas Newydd and Llanfairpwll railway station.
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