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Pen y Fan

Pen y Fan is the highest peak in , situated in . At 886 metres above sea-level, it is also the highest British peak south of in .
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Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Corn Du and Cribyn.

Peak
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a summit of the twin topped Pen y Fan and the second highest peak in at 871.5 m, situated in the . It is situated to the south-west of Pen y Fan at a distance of approximately 550 m from it, and is just 13 m lower than Pen y Fan itself.

Peak
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is a mountain in the with an elevation of 2608 feet, about 300 feet lower than the neighbouring peaks of Pen y Fan and . It is a prominent peak in the long and impressive escarpment facing north and running roughly east–west of the central section of the Brecon Beacons.

Lake
Photo: Richard Higgs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small lake or pool in the in , . It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the : and , and one of the few natural bodies of water in the park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Libanus and Llanspyddid.

Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the National Park, , , United Kingdom, and in the community of . Presumably, the name of the village derives from , also known as the Lebanon Mountains, the ancient name for which was , a common name for chapels in Wales.

Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village just west of within the . It lies within the valley of the in the community of in the county of , Wales.

Village
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is a village and community in the county of , Wales, and the historic county of Brecknockshire. The population of the community as taken at the 2011 census was 571. is situated 4½ miles northeast of Pen y Fan.

Pen y Fan

Latitude
51.88404° or 51° 53′ 3″ north
Longitude
-3.43701° or 3° 26′ 13″ west
Elevation
2,907 feet (886 metres)
Open location code
9C3RVHM7+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 16346725
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­cairn
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12541296
Wiki­data ID
Q1325530
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Pen y Fan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Pen y Fan”
  • Breton: “Pen y Fan”
  • Chinese: “佩尼范峰”
  • Czech: “Pen y Fan”
  • Danish: “Pen y Fan”
  • Dutch: “Pen y Fan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پين واى فان”
  • Estonian: “Pen y Fan”
  • French: “Pen y Fan”
  • German: “Pen y Fan”
  • Hebrew: “פן אי ואן”
  • Irish: “Pen y Fan”
  • Japanese: “ペン・イ・ファン”
  • Ladin: “Pen y Fan”
  • Lithuanian: “Pen i Vanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Pen y Fan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pen y Fan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pen y Fan”
  • Norwegian: “Pen y Fan”
  • Polish: “Pen y Fan”
  • Russian: “Пен-и-Ван”
  • Slovak: “Pen y Fan”
  • Slovenian: “Pen y Fan”
  • Swahili: “Pen y Fan”
  • Turkish: “Pen y Fan”
  • Welsh: “Pen y Fan”

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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 “Pen y Fan”. Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.