Craig y Llyn
Craig y Llyn is a mountain situated to the south of the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley on the south side of the upper Vale of Neath and north of the Rhondda Valleys in South Wales; it is the highest point in the ancient kingdom and, later, county of Glamorgan, and the southern Welsh coalfield plateau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,591 feet
- Description: hill (600m) in Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales
- Also known as: “Craig Y Llyn” and “Rhigos Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Fach and Llyn Fawr.
Llyn Fawr
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llyn Fawr is a reservoir that occupies one of a series glacial cirques that form the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the heads of the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley, South Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhigos and Cefn Rhigos.
Rhigos
Village
Photo: GaranRT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rhigos is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The village is located on the saddle of higher ground between the Vale of Neath and the Cynon Valley.
Cefn Rhigos
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn Rhigos is a hamlet to the west of the village of Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Despite being 8 miles from the town centre, it is within the Aberdare postal district.
Blaenrhondda
Village
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blaenrhondda is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying at the head the Rhondda Fawr valley. Blaenrhondda is a village and is part of the community of Treherbert.
Craig y Llyn
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7164° or 51° 42′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.58398° or 3° 35′ 2″ westElevation
1,591 feet (485 metres)Open location code
9C3RPC88+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3428629785OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Craig y Llyn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Craig y Llyn”
- Cebuano: “Craig y Llyn”
- Dutch: “Craig y Llyn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كرايج واى لين”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Craig y Llyn”
- Swedish: “Craig y Llyn”
- Welsh: “Craig y Llyn”
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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 “Craig y Llyn”. Photo: Craigthomas1, CC BY 4.0.