Mynydd Mawr
Mynydd Mawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, approximately 7 km west of Snowdon itself, overlooking Llyn Cwellyn and being the northern outlier of the Moel Hebog group.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,290 feet
- Description: mountain (698m) in Gwynedd
- Also known as: “The Eliphant”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn Ffynhonnau and Plas-y-Nant railway station.
Plas-y-Nant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Plas-y-Nant is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Y Fron and Nantlle.
Y Fron
Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn.
Nantlle
Village
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England.
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.
Mynydd Mawr
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.06956° or 53° 4′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.18113° or 4° 10′ 52″ westElevation
2,290 feet (698 metres)Open location code
9C5Q3R99+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 335172792OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Mynydd Mawr” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mynydd Mawr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مينيد ماور”
- Irish: “Mynydd Mawr”
- Japanese: “マウル山”
- Ladin: “Mynydd Mawr”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Mawr”
- Welsh: “Mynyddfor”
- Welsh: “Yr Eliffant”
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