Black Mountain
The Black Mountain is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,732 feet
- Description: mountain range at the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, UK
- Also known as: “The Black Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garreg Las and Llyn y Fan Fach.
Garreg Las
Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garreg Las is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Carmarthenshire, southern Wales. Its summit sits towards the northern end of a broad north-south ridge, Esgair Hir, at 635 metres above sea level.
Llyn y Fan Fach
Reservoir
Photo: SNappa2006, CC BY 2.0.
Llyn y Fan Fach is a lake of approximately 10 hectares on the northern margin of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, South Wales and lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park. Llyn y Fan Fach is situated 2 miles northeast of Black Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gwynfe and Cwmllynfell.
Gwynfe
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gwynfe or Capel Gwynfe is a small village inside the portion of Brecon Beacons National Park that is in Carmarthenshire, a county of southwestern Wales. Gwynfe is situated 3½ miles west of Black Mountain.
Cwmllynfell
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwmllynfell is a village, community and electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales. Cwmllynfell is situated 5 miles south of Black Mountain.
Brynamman
Town
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynamman is a village on the south side of the Black Mountain, part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The village is split into Upper Brynamman and Lower Brynamman by the River Amman, which is also the boundary between the counties of Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot. Brynamman is situated 5 miles southwest of Black Mountain.
Black Mountain
- Categories: mountain range, mountain, and landform
- Location: Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Black Mountain” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Mynydd Du”
- Cebuano: “Black Mountain”
- Czech: “Black Mountain”
- Dutch: “Black Mountain”
- Japanese: “ブラックマウンテン (ウェールズ)”
- Ladin: “Black Mountain (range)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Mountain i Wales”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Y Mynydd Du”
- Polish: “Black Mountain (pasmo górskie)”
- Polish: “Black Mountain”
- Slovak: “Black Mountain”
- Swedish: “Black Mountain”
- Venetian: “Black Mountain”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Du”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Black Mountain”. Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.