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Ynys Gored Goch

Ynys Gored Goch, sometimes Ynys Gorad Goch, is a small island in the between and in . It is situated in the stretch of the strait called the between Thomas Telford's and Robert Stephenson's .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island with two fish weirs in the Menai Strait, Wales
  • Also known as: “Gored Goch” and “Ynys Gorad Goch”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Britannia Bridge and Menai Bridge.

Bridge
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is a bridge in that crosses the between the Isle of Anglesey and city of . It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic.

Bridge
Photo: Monsyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the between the island of and the mainland of . Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge across the River Tweed.

Islet
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Llandysilio Island, is a small island in the on the shores of to which it is attached by a short causeway that is reachable only on foot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Menai Bridge and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west . It overlooks the and lies by the , built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.

Photo: Raphael Frey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, .

Hamlet
Photo: Gareth Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Y Faenol is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near in , . It has 1,000 acres of park, farmland, and gardens, with more than thirty listed buildings, surrounded by a wall which is 7 miles long.

Ynys Gored Goch

Latitude
53.21861° or 53° 13′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.18066° or 4° 10′ 50″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C5Q6R99+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23890593
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2648307
Wiki­data ID
Q3397534
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ynys Gored Goch” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ينيس غرد قوتش”
  • Breton: “Ynys Gored Goch”
  • Cebuano: “Gored Gôch”
  • Dutch: “Ynys Gored Goch”
  • Indonesian: “Ynys Gored Goch”
  • Livvi: “Ynys Gored Goch”
  • Northern Sami: “Ynys Gored Goch”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Gored Goch”
  • Swedish: “Gored Gôch”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Gorad Goch”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Gored Goch”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Treborth-uchaf-Farm and Carreg-Yr-Halen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bangor University, Treborth Site and Bog garden.

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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 “Ynys Gored Goch”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.