Ynys Gifftan
Ynys Gifftan is an island near the south east shore of Traeth Bach, the Dwyryd estuary near Portmeirion in Gwynedd, north Wales. There is a public footpath to it across the estuary marked on Ordnance Survey maps but has no definable marks that make it obvious; it can be reached on foot at low tide and is 38 metres high.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Talsarnau railway station and Minffordd railway station.
Talsarnau railway station
Railway station
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Talsarnau railway station serves the village of Talsarnau on the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales.
Minffordd railway station
Railway station
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Minffordd railway station is a pair of adjacent stations on separate lines in Gwynedd, Wales. The mainline station opened as Minfford Junction on 1 August 1872 at the point where the then recently built Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway line from Dovey Junction to Pwllheli passes under the earlier narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway.
Castell Deudraeth
Hotel
Photo: Chrisgj6, Public domain.
Castell Deudraeth is a former manor house approximately 0.5 km NE of Portmeirion in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmeirion and Minffordd.
Portmeirion
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portmeirion is an Italian renaissance-style village on the coast of North Wales, most famous for being the setting of the cult television program The Prisoner.
Minffordd
Village
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Minffordd is a village within the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is situated on the A487 road between Porthmadog and Penrhyndeudraeth, and in the community of the latter.
Talsarnau
Village
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Talsarnau is a village and community in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. Its population was 525 in 2001, and had increased to 550 at the 2011 Census.
Ynys Gifftan
- Type: Island
- Description: tidal island near the south east shore of Traeth Bach, the Dwyryd estuary near Portmeirion in Gwynedd, north Wales
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Talsarnau, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91244° or 52° 54′ 45″ northLongitude
-4.08228° or 4° 4′ 56″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
9C4QWW69+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 300065283OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
12541047Wikidata ID
Q3403768
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Ynys Gifftan” goes by many names.
- French: “Ynys Gifftan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Gifftan”
- Welsh: “Ynys Gifftan”
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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 “Ynys Gifftan”. Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.