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Conwy
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Great Orme

The Great Orme is a limestone headland on the , north-west of the town of . Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent.
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Photo: Velela, Public domain.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 679 feet
  • Description: hill (207.1m) in Conwy County Borough, Wales
  • Also known as: “Great Ormes Head”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Orme Visitor Centre and Summit tram stop.

Museum
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum.

Tram stop
Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a tram terminus situated on the at the summit of the Great Orme in , . The Great Orme Tramway is a funicular, which connects the summit with a lower terminus at Victoria in the centre of .

Museum
Photo: Richard Hoare, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Craig-y-Don and Llanrhos.

Suburb
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb of , a coastal seaside resort in Conwy county borough, north . It is also an electoral ward to Conwy County Borough Council and Llandudno Town Council. It is also part of the parish of .

Village
Photo: NoelWalley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the community of , in , Wales. The village lies between the towns of Conwy and . was a civil parish from 1894 until 1974.

Village
Photo: Ian Dalgliesh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and electoral ward in the community of in in . It lies in the Creuddyn Peninsula alongside and .

Great Orme

Latitude
53.33255° or 53° 19′ 57″ north
Longitude
-3.85235° or 3° 51′ 9″ west
Elevation
679 feet (207 metres)
Open location code
9C5R84MX+23
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331573435
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­survey_point
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12607649
Wiki­data ID
Q3395318
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Great Orme” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Gogarth”
  • Breton: “Pen y Gogarth”
  • Cebuano: “Great Ormes Head”
  • Dutch: “Great Orme”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جريات اورم”
  • French: “Great Orme”
  • German: “Great Orme”
  • Hebrew: “אורם הגדול”
  • Hebrew: “גריט אורם”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Orme”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pen y Gogarth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Great Orme”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pen y Gogarth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Y Gogarth”
  • Norwegian: “Great Orme”
  • Portuguese: “Great Orme”
  • Serbian: “Велика Орма”
  • Spanish: “Gran Orme”
  • Spanish: “Península de Creuddyn”
  • Swedish: “Great Orme”
  • Swedish: “Great Ormes Head”
  • Welsh: “Gogarth”
  • Welsh: “Great Orme”
  • Welsh: “Pen Gogarth”
  • Welsh: “Pen y Gogarth”
  • Welsh: “Pen-y-Gogarth”
  • Welsh: “Y Gogarth”

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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 “Great Orme”. Photo: Velela, Public domain.