Fan Fawr
Fan Fawr is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, in Powys, Wales and over 734 m high. The summit overlooks the steep eastern face and is marked by a cairn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Ystradfellte Reservoir.
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad is a subsidiary summit of Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales. It makes up half of the Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve with its sister peak Fan Frynych.
Ystradfellte Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Aaron Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ystradfellte Reservoir is a water storage reservoir on the Afon Dringarth in the upland area of Fforest Fawr within the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales.
Fan Llia
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Fan Llia is a subsidiary summit of Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales. In common with other peaks in the Fforest Fawr uplands it lies within the county of Powys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heol Senni and Ystradfellte.
Heol Senni
Hamlet
Heol Senni is a hamlet in the valley of the Afon Senni just north of the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the community of Maescar in the county of Powys, Wales.
Ystradfellte
Village
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ystradfellte is a village and community in Powys, Wales, about 6 miles north of Hirwaun, with 556 inhabitants. It belongs to the historic county of Brecknockshire and the Fforest Fawr area of the Brecon Beacons National Park, beside the Afon Mellte river.
Libanus
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Libanus is a village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, and in the community of Glyn Tarell. Presumably, the name of the village derives from Mount Lebanon, also known as the Lebanon Mountains, the ancient name for which was Libanus, a common name for chapels in Wales.
Fan Fawr
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,408 feet
- Description: mountain (734m) in Powys
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Glyn Tarell, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86331° or 51° 51′ 48″ northLongitude
-3.49727° or 3° 29′ 50″ westElevation
2,408 feet (734 metres)Open location code
9C3RVG73+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 1537344492OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Fan Fawr” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fan Fawr”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فان فاور”
- Irish: “Fan Fawr”
- Ladin: “Fan Fawr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fan Fawr”
- Welsh: “Fan Fawr”
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Highlights include Gilfach-Wen and Fan Dringarth.
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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 “Fan Fawr”. Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.