Aran Fawddwy
Aran Fawddwy is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is the highest point of the historic county of Merionethshire. It is the highest peak in the Aran mountain range, the only peak in Wales outside North Snowdonia above 900m, and higher than anywhere in the United Kingdom south of Northern Snowdonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,969 feet
- Description: mountain (905m) in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Aran Mawddwy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Erw y Ddafad-ddu and Foel Hafod-fynydd.
Erw y Ddafad-ddu
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Erw y Ddafad-ddu is a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy in southern Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom. It is the third highest peak in the Aran mountain range.
Foel Hafod-fynydd
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Foel Hafod-fynydd is a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy in southern Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom. It tops the east ridge of Erw y Ddafad-ddu.
Aran Benllyn
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Aran Benllyn is a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is the second highest peak in the Aran mountain range. It rises from the south shore of Llyn Tegid, and tops the northern point on the main Aran ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinas Mawddwy and Llanuwchllyn.
Dinas Mawddwy
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Dinas Mawddwy is a village in Gwynedd within the Snowdonia National Park. The village stands amongst the spectacular scenery where the Rivers Cerist and Dyfi meet under the hills of Foel Benddin and Foel Dinas.
Llanuwchllyn
Village
Photo: Black Kite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llanuwchllyn is a village and community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Llyn Tegid. It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales. Llanuwchllyn is situated 5 miles north of Aran Fawddwy.
Minllyn
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Greenwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Minllyn is a hamlet, which is situated 5 miles south of Aran Fawddwy.
Aran Fawddwy
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.787° or 52° 47′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.68788° or 3° 41′ 16″ westElevation
2,969 feet (905 metres)Open location code
9C4RQ8P6+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 29750079OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Aran Fawddwy” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Catalan: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Cebuano: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Czech: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Dutch: “Aran Fawddwy”
- German: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Irish: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Japanese: “アラン・ヴァウズゥイ”
- Ladin: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Polish: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Swahili: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Swedish: “Aran Fawddwy”
- Welsh: “Aran Fawddwy”
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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 “Aran Fawddwy”. Photo: Velela, Public domain.