North Wales
Gwynedd
Llanberis

Y Garn

Y Garn is a mountain in , , part of the Glyderau. It is one of the Welsh 3000s — the 15 summits in over 3,000 feet in height.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,107 feet
  • Description: mountain (947m) in Gwynedd
  • Also known as: “Y Garn (Glyderau)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glyder Fawr and Foel-goch.

Peak
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain in , , the highest peak in the Glyderau range at just over 1,000 metres. It is the fifth-highest mountain in Wales and has several walking and scrambling routes leading to its summit.

Peak
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain in , north-west , and forms part of the Glyderau range, in . It lies in between Y Garn and .

Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cwm Idwal and Nant Peris.

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.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above , near , in . The name is shared with the fort of Dinas , also within the community of , on a foothill 6 kilometres from village and 3 kilometres from the and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of .

Y Garn

Latitude
53.11571° or 53° 6′ 57″ north
Longitude
-4.04708° or 4° 2′ 50″ west
Elevation
3,107 feet (947 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q4X83+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 330435067
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
7534674
Wiki­data ID
Q8519868
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Y Garn” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Y Garn (bukid sa Hiniusang Gingharian, lat 53,12, long -4,05)”
  • Cebuano: “Y Garn”
  • Dutch: “Y Garn (Glyderau)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل واى جارن (المملكه المتحده)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل واى جارن”
  • Irish: “Y Garn (Glyderau)”
  • Japanese: “ア・ガルン”
  • Ladin: “Y Garn (Glyderau)”
  • Ladin: “Y Garn”
  • Swedish: “Y Garn”
  • Welsh: “Y Garn (Glyderau)”
  • Welsh: “Y Garn”

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Localities in the Area

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