Y Lliwedd
Y Lliwedd is a mountain, connected to Snowdon in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. Its summit lies 898 metres above sea level. The eastern flanks are steep cliffs rising above Glaslyn and Llyn Llydaw.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Soloist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,946 feet
- Description: mountain (898m) in Gwynedd
- Also known as: “Y Lliwedd (West Peak)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snowdon and Llyn Llydaw.
Snowdon
Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in Snowdonia in North Wales. It has an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in Wales and the highest in the British Isles south of the Scottish Highlands.
Llyn Llydaw
Lake
Photo: Fallschirmjäger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llyn Llydaw is a natural lake in Snowdonia National Park on the flanks of Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain. This long thin lake has formed in a cwm about one-third of the way up the mountain.
Crib Goch
Peak
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crib Goch is a knife-edged arête in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The name means "red ridge" in Welsh. The highest point on the arête is 923 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nant Peris and Rhyd Ddu.
Rhyd Ddu
Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between Beddgelert and Caernarfon, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain.
Y Lliwedd
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.0594° or 53° 3′ 34″ northLongitude
-4.05715° or 4° 3′ 26″ westElevation
2,946 feet (898 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3W5V+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 333563693OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Y Lliwedd” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Y Lliwedd”
- Dutch: “Y Lliwedd”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل واى ليويد”
- French: “Y Lliwedd”
- Irish: “Y Lliwedd”
- Japanese: “ア・シウェズ”
- Ladin: “Y Lliwedd”
- Swedish: “Y Lliwedd”
- Welsh: “Lliwedd”
- Welsh: “Y Lliwedd”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lliwedd Copper Mine and Adwy Bwlch Du.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Y Lliwedd (East Peak) and Bwlch Ciliau.
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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 “Y Lliwedd”. Photo: Soloist, CC BY-SA 3.0.