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Glaslyn

Glaslyn is a in the in , north-west .
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Photo: Zaphod Beeblebrox, Public domain.
  • Type: Body of water
  • Description: lake in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Llyn Glaslyn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snowdon and Garnedd Ugain.

Peak
Photo: Gdr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Yr Wyddfa, is a mountain in in . It has an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level, which makes it both the highest mountain in and the highest in the south of the .

Peak
Photo: David Crocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, the summit of Crib-y-Ddysgl ridge, is a pyramidal mountain in that forms part of the Snowdon Massif. It is the second-highest peak in Wales and lies just under one kilometre north of the summit of itself.

Peak
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a knife-edged arête in the National Park in , 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.

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ miles north of Glaslyn.

Photo: nov03, CC BY 2.0.
is a small village in , which is a starting point for walks up , , and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 between and , at its junction with the B4418 to and . is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and .

Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern , the national park in the mountainous region of . 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. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Glaslyn.

Glaslyn

Latitude
53.07061° or 53° 4′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.06579° or 4° 3′ 57″ west
Elevation
1,972 feet (601 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q3WCM+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95392960
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Geo­Names ID
7534669
Wiki­data ID
Q3405748
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Glaslyn” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Glaslyn”
  • Arabic: “Glaslyn”
  • Cebuano: “Glaslyn (lanaw sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Glaslyn”
  • Chinese: “Glaslyn”
  • Dutch: “Glaslyn”
  • French: “Glaslyn”
  • Hebrew: “Glaslyn”
  • Irish: “Glaslyn”
  • Japanese: “グラスリン”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glaslyn”
  • Swedish: “Glaslyn”
  • Twi: “Glaslyn”
  • Welsh: “Glaslyn, Yr Wyddfa”
  • Welsh: “Glaslyn”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Glaslyn”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brittania Copper Mine Barracks and Brittania Copper Mine Mill.

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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 “Glaslyn”. Photo: Zaphod Beeblebrox, Public domain.