Yr Elen
Yr Elen is a mountain in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, Wales. It is the ninth-highest mountain in Snowdonia. The average annual temperature of the peak is around 4 °C.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnedd Llewelyn and Ffynnon Caseg.
Carnedd Llewelyn
Peak
Photo: Sowen, Copyrighted free use.
Carnedd Llewelyn, also spelled Carnedd Llywelyn, is a mountain massif in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, north-west Wales. It is the highest point of the Carneddau at 1,064 metres and the second-highest peak by relative height in Wales, 49th in the British Isles and lies on the border between Gwynedd and Conwy.
Foel Grach
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Foel Grach is a mountain in the Carneddau range. It is the eighth-highest summit in Snowdonia as well as Wales, and is included in the Welsh 3000s. It is located on a broad ridge extending northwards from Carnedd Llewelyn to Carnedd Gwenllian and Foel-fras.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethesda and Cwm Idwal.
Bethesda
Photo: Mike Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bethesda is a town in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is often known locally as Pesda. The town lies at the foot of the Nant Francon pass, leading up the Ogwen valley into the heart of the Snowdonia mountains. It is ideal for walking Snowdonia.
Cwm Idwal
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cwm Idwal is a cirque in the Glyderau range of mountains in northern Snowdonia, the national park in the mountainous region of North Wales. Its main interest is to hill walkers and rock climbers, but it is also of interest to geologists and naturalists, given its combination of altitude, aspect and terrain.
Mynydd Llandygai
Village
Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY 2.5.
Mynydd Llandygai is a small, partly forested hill in Gwynedd, North Wales. It forms the start of the Glyderau ridge. It is also the name of the quarry village at the base of the hill situated at the edge of Snowdonia National Park at grid reference SH600656.
Yr Elen
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,156 feet
- Description: mountain (962m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Llanllechid, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.16657° or 53° 9′ 60″ northLongitude
-3.9852° or 3° 59′ 7″ westElevation
3,156 feet (962 metres)Open location code
9C5R5287+JWOpenStreetMap ID
node 104406760OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Yr Elen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Yr Elen”
- Irish: “Yr Elen”
- Ladin: “Yr Elen”
- Welsh: “Yr Elen”
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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 “Yr Elen”. Photo: Erwynj, CC BY 4.0.