Cardigan Island
Cardigan Island is an uninhabited island north of Cardigan, Ceredigion, south-west Wales. It reaches a height of 52 metres a.s.l., and 38 acres in area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Ceredigion, Wales
- Also known as: “Ynys Aberteifi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Cross and Foel-y-Mwnt.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
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The Church of the Holy Cross at Mwnt, Ceredigion, Wales, is a parish church and Grade I listed building dating probably from the 13th century. Church of the Holy Cross is situated 2 miles east of Cardigan Island.
Foel-y-Mwnt
Peak
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Foel-y-Mwnt is a peak, which is situated 2 miles east of Cardigan Island.
Siloam Chapel
Church
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Siloam Chapel is a church, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Cardigan Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwbert and Y Ferwig.
Gwbert
Village
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Gwbert, also known as Gwbert-on-Sea, is a cliff-top coastal village in Y Ferwig community, Ceredigion, Wales. It lies at the most southerly coastal point of Ceredigion, on the eastern shore of the Teifi estuary, from where there are views westwards over Cardigan Bay, and south-westwards to Poppit Sands and the headland of Cemaes Head, in neighbouring Pembrokeshire.
Y Ferwig
Hamlet
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Y Ferwig is a small village and community in Ceredigion, Wales, about 2 to 3 miles from Cardigan. Y Ferwig is situated 2 miles southeast of Cardigan Island.
Mwnt
Hamlet
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Mwnt is an ancient parish in Ceredigion, Wales, 4.5 miles north of Cardigan. The Wales Coast Path passes through this very small settlement. It gets its name from the prominent steep conical hill, a landmark from much of Cardigan Bay, that rises above the beach to a height of 76 m, and was formerly anglicised as Mount. Mwnt is situated 2 miles east of Cardigan Island.
Cardigan Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Cardigan Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- Breton: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- Catalan: “Cardigan Island”
- Catalan: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- Cebuano: “Cardigan Island”
- Dutch: “Cardigan Island”
- French: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- German: “Cardigan Island”
- Livvi: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- Northern Sami: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- Swedish: “Cardigan Island”
- Võro: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- Welsh: “Ynys Aberteifi”
- “Ynys Aberteifi”
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