Allt-fawr
Allt-fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion group. It is on the internal border of Snowdonia National Park, and overlooks the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, with its numerous slate quarries, as well as Llyn Ystradau and Ffestiniog Power Station in Tanygrisiau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,290 feet
- Description: mountain (698m) in Gwynedd, Wales
- Also known as: “Allt-Fawr” and “Yr Allt Fawr”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moel Druman and Craig Nyth-y-Gigfran.
Moel Druman
Peak
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moel Druman is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It is a subsidiary summit of Allt-fawr.
Ysgafell Wen
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ysgafell Wen is a subsidiary summit of Allt-fawr in Snowdonia, North Wales. It is the highest point on a broad ridge that stretches to the north-west of Moel Druman, and includes two other summits, Ysgafell Wen North Top. and Ysgafell Wen Far North Top.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanygrisiau and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Tanygrisiau
Village
Photo: Ross Burgess, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tanygrisiau is a village and area within Blaenau Ffestiniog in the upper end of the Vale of Ffestiniog in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It can be found along the southern side of the Moelwyn mountain range and dates to around 1750.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.
Allt-fawr
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.00817° or 53° 0′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.96632° or 3° 57′ 59″ westElevation
2,290 feet (698 metres)Open location code
9C5R225M+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3300193289OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Allt-fawr” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Allt-fawr”
- Dutch: “Allt-fawr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الت فاور”
- Irish: “Allt Fawr”
- Ladin: “Allt-fawr”
- Welsh: “Allt Fawr”
- Welsh: “Allt-fawr”
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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 “Allt-fawr”. Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.