Llyn Dinas
Llyn Dinas is a lake near Beddgelert, Gwynedd in north Wales. It is formed by the River Glaslyn. Llyn Dinas lies on the valley floor a few miles north of Beddgelert at an altitude of about 55 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Llyn Ddinas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sygun Copper Mine and Yr Aran.
Sygun Copper Mine
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sygun Copper Mine is a Victorian copper mine which closed in 1903 but was renovated and reopened by the Amies family as a tourist attraction in 1986, focusing on audio-visual tours of the underground workings.
Yr Aran
Peak
Photo: Geraint Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yr Aran is a mountain peak on a ridge radiating south from Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain, with views of the summit of Snowdon, Moel Hebog and the Nantlle Ridge. Yr Aran is situated 2 miles north of Llyn Dinas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beddgelert and Nantmor.
Beddgelert
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.
Beddgelert is a picturesque village in Gwynedd, renowned for the grave of Prince Llywelyn's dog Gelert.
Nantmor
Village
Photo: William Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nantmor is a hamlet which lies about 1½ miles to the south of the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd, Wales. The current spelling of the name Nantmor is more modern – most old documents from the 16th to the 18th century record the name as Nanmor. Nantmor is situated 2 miles southwest of Llyn Dinas.
Croesor
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croesor is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales, located at the foot of Cnicht, in Cwm Croesor, in the community of Llanfrothen. The Croesor Tramway travelled along the bed of the cwm, before rising steeply to Bwlch Rhosydd via Croesor Incline. Croesor is situated 2½ miles southeast of Llyn Dinas.
Llyn Dinas
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Llyn Dinas” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Llyn Dinas”
- Arabic: “Llyn Dinas”
- Cebuano: “Llyn Dinas”
- Chinese: “Llyn Dinas”
- Dutch: “Llyn Dinas”
- French: “Llyn Dinas”
- Hebrew: “Llyn Dinas”
- Irish: “Llyn Dinas”
- Japanese: “ディナス湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Llyn Dinas”
- Spanish: “Llyn Dinas”
- Swedish: “Llyn Dinas”
- Twi: “Llyn Dinas”
- Welsh: “Llyn Dinas”
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About Mapcarta. 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 Dinas”. Photo: Rhion, Public domain.