Bwlch Coch
Bwlch Coch is a mountain saddle in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 2,736 feet. Bwlch Coch is situated nearby to the locality Cwm Glas Mawr, as well as near Jammed Boulder Gully.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crib Goch and Snowdon.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nant Peris and Cwm Idwal.
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.
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.
Bwlch Coch
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 2,736 feet
- Description: mountain pass in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.07541° or 53° 4′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.05876° or 4° 3′ 32″ westElevation
2,736 feet (834 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3WGR+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 2772604796OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Bwlch Coch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bwlch Coch”
- Swedish: “Bwlch Coch”
- Welsh: “Bwlch Coch”
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Localities in the Area
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